Log, Ceramic block, Steel pipe

2,000×1,000×1,600 (h)cm

Taking a serene stroll around the Amabiki village gives me a sense of spirit and being in a blessed place.
I feel the Amabiki spirits here at the location of the 2013 exhibition, and this place will always hold a special place in my heart.
It is my hope that you will view this place and my sculpture as one.

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Stainless steel

450×450×230 (h)cm

At this pond, another artist previously had an installation for the 5th exhibition.
I hadn’t been here for many years and the lotus blanketing the pond made for such different scenery.
In summer, the lotuses open their flowers upwards towards the heavens.
The beautiful pale pink flowers give off a pure radiance, making this such a magical place.
I hope to make flowers bloom here again in Autumn.

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Limestone

45×132×80 (h)cm

The stone I used this time was softer than marble, I tried to creat a big form as possible and when narrowing it down, trying to find an equilibrium with the stone’s strength.
I went as far as I thought I could get away with, while expressing the softness of the curved interior.

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Granite

113×77×92.5 (h)cm

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Steel, Brass, Urethane and epoxy coating, Brass leaf, Gold leaf

220×235×540 (h)cm

‘Su-i-do’ is a Japanese word that, up until modern times, was used to mean ‘the natural environment’ and ‘climate’ but here it literally means ‘sui’ (water) and ‘doh’ (earth).
The world we live in is made up of various physical matter, some of which moves slowly and some of which moves at lightening speeds, but all of which is just a transient part of the never-ending cycle.
These instants twinkle here and there.

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Steel

63×12×205(h)cm × 4pieces

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Granite

140×150×160 (h)cm

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Ceramics, Steel wire and others

210×224×110(h)cm
12×24×89(h)cm
15×19×70(h)cm
10×22×71(h)cm
12×20×70(h)cm
9×14×75(h)cm

I joined the clay like the growing plants of early Spring.
The young shoots overlap with the memories of people, growing strong and bringing forth the hope of changing seasons.
The clay’s shape and form morphs along with my changing senses, getting caught briefly in the moment of the season’s transition.

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Black granite

45×30×350 (h)cm

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White granite

170×180×300 (h)cm

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Wood

1,500×120×95 (h)cm

Let’s rest for a while and take in the scenic colors of the wind.
Conjure up memories of our past.
Surrounded by the whispering of leaves.
The colors of the wind pass by.

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White granite

150×105×145 (h)cm
110×90×117 (h)cm

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Stainless steel mesh

530×470×190 (h)cm

In a thick forest, a spider stands under a quiet tree trunk. And I
hear the song of Yashiko Baba, it snuggles up to me.
When a child asks, ‘Moku-san, what is this?’
Rubbing his red nose, Moku-san replies ‘It’s a ne piece of
clothing.’
From ‘Kinoko no Maihime’ by IZUMI Kyoka

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Gray granite

170×192×135 (h)cm

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Pink granite

91×185×225 (h)cm

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Zelvoka, Lead, Acrylic-Paint

900×700×110 (h)cm

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Ceramics

73×54×50 (h)cm

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Lacquer, Steel, Ramie cloth, Carbon cloth and others

100×80×184 (h)cm
75×120×150 (h)cm

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Japanese camphor

90×120×390 (h)cm

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Photograph

91.0×136.5cm ×3pieces
32.9×48.3cm ×6piece
21.0×29.7cm ×4pieces

When Sarin (crab) died, my daughter cried and made the grave,
Blacky (male cat) had trusted me since a certain incident,
Grey (female cat) always hated me after I pulled the dead kitten out,
Jiji (male dog) died of severe canser, with my wife by his side.

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Red granite, Black granite, White granite

160×25×115(h) cm
75×60×147(h) cm
60×65×75(h) cm

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Steel

299.3×299.5×19.5 (h)cm

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Stainless steel, Iron, Winch, Wire rope

200×1,370×380 (h)cm

I used the egg form to symbolize life.
I placed it in the pond as a source of life, to create an interest in people as to ‘what’ the shine of the water’s surface and the cracking egg might give birth to.
I hope that both the structural beauty and this scenery deepen the meaning of my sculpture.

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Black granite

R:27×84×69 (h)cm
L:63×100×30 (h)cm

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Andesite

140×100×80 cm
150×100×30 cm
130×100×80 cm

The crash of thunder far away.
The flash of light that followed.
Night turned into day and things that were without form got pierced before fading away.
Day quietly turned back into night, but the thing that was pierced remains.

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Steel

950×200×250 (h)cm
850×200×270 (h)cm

One memory from when I was a student was the song in “Manyoshu (the Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves)” that went ‘my foot got stuck in mud and I couldn’t move, but the clouds kept passing by’. I remember thinking the relationship between that person and the clouds was so beautiful. I am gazing at the sky of Amabiki, clouds and my consciousness flow across space and time.

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Granite, Brass

110×110×330 (h)cm

At First glance, rockets look like upside down carrots stretching from the earth to the universe. We can say this existence is normal in a weightless space.
Things become ‘vice versa’ if we change the way we look at them.
For example root vegetables, that grow full of nutrients, are also an energy source that can help us live.

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going to be a wind – from CRUST-cocoon ’99

White granite

100×85×225 (h)cm

Sculpture in 2005. It was an abandoned house back then too but eight years have passed, and the shed and storehouse have both collapsed. Overgrown in weeds and bamboo, it is losing all remnants of evidence that people used to live here.
I chose this location because I had a plan to condense the energy of the local community.
However I ran into some trouble with the stone I was using for the base of the plan, and had to give up on my original idea. However, on October 20th, the Lifelong Learning Department hosted a workshop and I was able to complete a miniature version of my original idea with help from local children and their parents. is miniature version is on display in the Citrus Lobby where the AMABIKI information desk is.

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Mixed media

110×80×50 (h)cm

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Granite

90×180×260 (h)cm

* “II” in the art work name means the second of the Roman numerals.
The dividing of rock gives birth to new tensions,
gently swaying the breeze in the cedar grove.

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Ceramic, Iron

167×190×190 (h)cm

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Natural stone, Iron plate, Iron pipe, Steel wire, Stainless steel wire, Wire

5×50×5.5(h)m

When we think of heavy objects in our daily life we think of stone and steel, tranquil and stable objects when placed on the earth�fs surface.
However, by propping and hanging these objects to suspend them in the air I hope to get across the natural laws of gravity in a visual and artistic way.

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Sandstone

45×240×190 (h)cm

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White granite

117×105×94 (h)cm

I want to create one big crystal-like mass that is innitely connected and from which all unnecessary parts have been cut away.

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Wool, Elastic cord, Safty pin, Oak woods, About 200 square meters

I want to envelope something that can’t be seen.
During the last exhibition, in March 2011, we experienced the Great East Japan earthquake and I still feel the fear that came hand in hand with the events that followed.
My hope is to feel the joy of creating a sculpture here again as I envelope the sands of time that flow through Amabiki.

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Aluminum

90×180×45 (h)cm 5pieces

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Steel

15×15×360 (h)cm ×2pieces

How do I really grasp this secluded area surrounded by trees?
Like marking the passage of time I placed two square iron tubes with sculptured grooves and channels vertically into the ground.
The relationship in space between these two vertical axes gives birth to a sensation of a gap in time between here, and there.
Using minimal expression I have tried to create both an understanding and defamiliarization of space.

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Black granite

116.5×56.5×252.5 (h)cm

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