Exhibition location: ESPACIO The Hakone Geihinkan Rin-Poh-Ki-Ryu – TAKUMI
Mizuha
The TAKUMI guest suite is arranged over two levels, with the folding screen in the upper-level bedroom created by karakami artist Senda Choemon. The entire surface is animated by ripples, flowing water, and gentle currents. Emerging from the interplay of stillness and movement is a sacred turtle on the verge of transforming into a dragon. Depicted as ascending toward the heavens as if carried by prayer, it symbolizes the vitality, transformative power, and life-giving energy of nature.
Senda Choemon
A master karakami artist, Senda Choemon is known for developing Toto Blue, a distinctive body of work created through his own original techniques. Inspired by the spirits and deities of Japan's yaoyorozu tradition, these works present a poetic visual world centered on an extraordinary shade of blue. While carrying forward the legacy of Japan's only karakami workshop with an uninterrupted history spanning more than 400 years, he continues to reinterpret karakami as contemporary art. In 2024, following the succession of the family name, he assumed the name Senda Choemon.
