Exhibition location: Nagoya Kanko Hotel – Tenshachi (2nd Floor)
Flowering Plants of Summer and Autumn (after Hoitsu Sakai)
Hoitsu Sakai, whose name appears in the title, was a painter and haiku poet who became one of the leading masters of the Rinpa school during the late Edo period. His celebrated masterpiece, Summer and Autumn Grasses Folding Screen, is regarded as one of the iconic works of Japanese art, capturing flowers swaying in the wind, rain-soaked grasses, and the fleeting transition between the seasons. Rather than reproducing this historic masterpiece, Hiroto Rakusho reinterprets its spirit through the expressive possibilities of metallic leaf.
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.
