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Category
Design for Good / Illustration - Single or Series
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Annual ID
ADC102_ILT023B
About the Work
An ink painting artist OHGUSHI spent 6 years creating the 10-meter long fusuma* painting "Unryu-zu*," featuring the god of water "Hachidai-Ryuo-Son” at "Saijo Inari-san Myokyoji Temple”.
While maintaining the ink painting techniques, he expressed the god of water as “pure water” itself, resulting in an innovative and dynamic work of art that goes beyond the traditional Japanese conception of beauty.
The clouds on the right represent the current difficult social situation (under COVID-19 and global conflicts), while the blank space on the left shows the artist’s wish for a bright future.
The fusuma painting will be displayed for the public once every year and will be passed down through centuries and centuries to come.
*Unryu-zu: painting of dragon and clouds
*fusuma: sliding paper partitions
While maintaining the ink painting techniques, he expressed the god of water as “pure water” itself, resulting in an innovative and dynamic work of art that goes beyond the traditional Japanese conception of beauty.
The clouds on the right represent the current difficult social situation (under COVID-19 and global conflicts), while the blank space on the left shows the artist’s wish for a bright future.
The fusuma painting will be displayed for the public once every year and will be passed down through centuries and centuries to come.
*Unryu-zu: painting of dragon and clouds
*fusuma: sliding paper partitions
2023 Awards
Total Points: 9
Bronze Cube
Credits
Client / Brand
Saijo Inari-san Myokyoji Temple / Okayama
Art Director
Shohei Sawada
Composer
Ayako Taniguchi
Director of Photography
Takuma Kimura
Photographer
Taro Inoue
Producer
Daisuke Nagamori
Artist
Ohgushi
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