Threads of Continuance

I work in sumi-e and Nihonga using materials drawn from the natural world — sumi made from soot and nikawa, pigments derived from minerals, shells, plants, and coral, along with pure gold. My Nihonga works are typically built on washi, including kozo and mashi (hemp paper), while many of my sumi-e works take shape on Xuan paper through direct and accumulated brushwork.

Trained in Kyoto under the Seitōsha school of the Shijō-Maruyama lineage, my practice continues to evolve at the intersection of classical technique and contemporary sensibility, exploring invisible relationships between humans and the natural world, and resonances that move across time, memory, and the threshold of the seen.

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