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We have decided to write our staff journal in English, and it will be our pleasure to introduce the beauty and the uniqueness of Japanese art to many people.

Personally, I believe that if our ancestors have not created Japanese-style paintings such as the Nanga(the Southern school of Chinese painting), there was no world wide culture of Japanese Manga. I will write about it later.

The person, who writes this journal, is not native English speaker, so might have strange sentences and wrong grammar use, but please for give her!

Now let's start off.

I went to the Tokyo National Museum yesterday to see the Rinpa Exhibition.

Rinpa is one of the biggest art styles, which was established by Ogata Korin in the late period of Edo.

This year is his 350th birthday year!

Happy Birth year!

Well, of course his achievement is great, but the most favorite artist for me is Tawaraya Sotatsu in the Rinpa.

I would like to talk about how great Sotatsu was (followed by my imagination).

I do not now what kind of person Sotastu was, but as I see from his work is he must have had enjoyed painting and drawing with his own story with.

Why I think and assume so?

Because his every work I have seen at the Museum makes me imagine of the conversations of people and animals on his pieces. And also I could imagine of the space, which was not even painted on.

For example, one of my favorite his piece is "puppy".

Just one black puppy sniffs on the ground in the scroll.

OK, as you think of a cute fatty puppy, what would you think of the face?

Round face? Yes.

Puffy fur? Yes.

Little nose? Yes

And large-pupilled round eyes! NO!

In his piece, the puppy is totally spaced out.

I am sorry to say, but he is a Halloween puppy.

When I saw that...I laughed out loud and was knocked out.

Then, I fell in love with the smart lines and the tint colors(beauty),

and his face(the beast)

Of course I bought a postcard of the puppy.

And quote; Look! What I found. There is always something very nice the way I walk by. Life is good...

Ok, I'll go off for now.

See you soon J