Japanese Washi paper collage とも和 ’ TOMOWA ’

In the days of a primary schoolchild
on the KUSHIRO moor

I saw for a first time
Japanese crane's love dance

That was the way of expressing their love
it was the way of confirming the love

I hear
when the cranes become a pair once
they stay together till one of them dies

How overwhelmed
- they are able to do such beautiful dance
till they die

I find it
terribly
beautiful

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とも和
’ TOMOWA ’

Washi paper-collage in layers
Combination of various hand-dyed Washi papers
50x60cm

 


At the moment it is shown at Regio Galerie in Freiburg Germany