Gallery Talk – Collaboration with Ms. Sawako Kaijima

To keep tradition is to keep challenging.” ―　I was determined to make this family precept the base of my work when I succeeded to the title of Chikuunsai IV. Tradition is not built up by repeating the same; it can only be created through constant challenge. While searching for the challenges assigned to Chikuunsai IV, I got to know Ms. Sawako Kaijima.

When I first met Sawako Kaijima and saw her work, I was shocked. I saw a new world beyond my imagination. I felt something urging me toward the future – something guiding me toward a collaboration with her. A fusion of traditional art and technology – I feel that is the new potential for passing down traditional art while continuing to develop it.