Material: Western gold leaf, etc.
Exhibition location: ESPACIO Nagoya Castle – Banquet Entrance Hall (1st floor)
Kirin, Phoenix, Tortoise, and Dragon (Four Mythical Creatures)
Looking up at the banquet entrance hall, guests will discover a ceiling adorned with delicately shimmering gold leaf and intricate paintings. It is said that a sense of heavenly divinity quietly resides within the paintings on the coffered ceiling, a grid-like structure also found in temples and castles. The subjects of this ceiling painting are the Kirin, Phoenix, Tortoise, and Dragon, ESPACIO’s four sacred creatures, each representing peace and tranquility.
Ken Matsubara
Born in 1948 in Kamiichi-cho, Toyama Prefecture. In 1987, he won the Special Excellence Award at the Ueno Royal Museum Painting Grand Prize Exhibition. 2019 solo exhibition “KŪKAI - Sun and Moon -” (Ippodo NY). Philadelphia Museum of Art's fusuma painting “Sun, Moon, Sky and Sea Chart” is in the collection. 2022 solo exhibition “Nature and the Ring of Space and Time” (Shusui Art Museum). In addition, he has held numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the country.
