ASPAC show different displays

[Bill S]

Bonsai Focus magazine has a link to some photos from the ASPAC show in Japan, the trees are displayed in front of scrolls with Calligraphy rather than the typical scrolls seen, thought you might want to see. - http://www.bonsaifocus.com/gallery/20/aspac-2011-japan.html

 

[tmmason10]

Thanks for the link, pretty awesome looking trees and displays.

 

[kakejiku]

Photo 1 Really illegible but there is the radical tori on the right of the first character.鳥
Photo 2 Byoubu seems to read 主大 (Great Lord?)
Photo 3 Byoubu seems to read 大光心　(Great Light Heart) I am really stretching on the third character Heart, as it is not as legible as the first two...
Photo 4 seems to be Jin or Kami and second character I am guessing as 明, read as 神明　Jinmyo which means Spirits of Heaven and Earth

 

[Bill S]

Thanks for the translation kakejiku, sounds like the calligrapher is well known.

 

[kakejiku]

Thanks for the translation kakejiku, sounds like the calligrapher is well known.

? I am not sure what you mean...I was just trying to provide perspective on why they would have paired certain trees with the phrases, rather than saying generically "awesome" display... Now if the pieces were mounted by Gen Yamamoto...then that would be something else...

 

[Bill S]

Maybe something in our translation, the thank you was genuin for your translation of the scrolls.
The second part was from something I saw at the ASPAC link regarding the artist that did the calligraphy, Famous? from your comment she is probably less famous than Gen Yamamoto.

Thanks

 

[kakejiku]

Maybe something in our translation, the thank you was genuin for your translation of the scrolls.
The second part was from something I saw at the ASPAC link regarding the artist that did the calligraphy, Famous? from your comment she is probably less famous than Gen Yamamoto.

Thanks

Didn't want to sound snippy, but maybe it did....I am aware the calligrapher is a girl with Down's Syndrome. I do like her works and can see her skill, but I am not a big fan of the large brush calligraphy. In many cases seems over the top. Gen Yamamoto is kind of the guru on design for framing in Japan. The reference was to the fact that the borders with the solid are kind of bland, but purposefully done that way to minimize distraction from the tree and calligraphy. My Sensei did a collaboration with an artist for a show　http://blog.honda-soufu.com/?eid=1580932　 which is more performance calligraphy, which would be kind of what I would classify these ASPAC calligraphy works as.

My only criticism with these displays is that there is not a lot of Chowa (Harmony) between the two pieces. Your eye is either being drawn to the strong tree or to the strong calligraphy, which makes it difficult to comprehend the message that is being conveyed at one point in time....But that is being hypersensitive from a traditional display point of view, which these are not trying to mimic.

 

[Bill S]

Thank You again kakejiku, No not snippy, I just wanted to make sure I didn't misread or offend. I agree on this display being a bit unharmonious.