Exhibition location: Nagoya Kanko Hotel – Kumagai to Akaboshi (1st basement floor)
Moonlit Fragrance
The title evokes the fleeting radiance created when moonlight falls upon flowers and the surface of water. Rakusho's use of gold leaf recalls this quiet beauty. Rather than radiating a brilliant light, it gently emerges from surrounding darkness and shadow, quietly entering our awareness and remaining in the memory long afterward. Like moonlight itself. Or the faint trace of a lingering fragrance.
Hiroto Rakusho
Born in Nishijin, Kyoto, in 1962. A gold leaf artist and traditional craftsman, Rakusho inherited the traditional techniques of gold leaf artistry from his father, a master hikihaku artisan in Nishijin. With a desire to share the beauty of Japanese gold leaf craftsmanship with the world, he has exhibited his works internationally as a distinctive gold leaf artist. He has also participated in the restoration of important cultural properties, including folding screens and sliding door paintings at historic temples and shrines such as Kenninji Temple.
