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Ningyō Jōruri Session No.3

As an alien, I thought I might try to interpret the story based on what ...
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Ningyō Jōruri Performance @ Kamiyama ...

   Watching the Joruri performance on Saturday afternoon I realised just how abstract the experience was. ...
2010-05-26 | itoi+ru-san |  1 comments
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Ningyō Jōruri

Ningyo Joruri practice session in Kamiyama.  Next Sunday there will be a performance @ Kamiyama ...
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Kamiyama Craft Museum

The craft museum is a bit difficult to find and it is a bit difficult ...
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Home for the Holidays / Yorii-za Progress Report ...

The land of my roots, it’s unchangeable in my memory… a reunion with my hometown ...
2008-10-19 | Rika Aki |  1 comments
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MANGA

These are spreads from MANGA, an artist’s book I created as an artist in residence ...
2008-10-17 | Andrea |  1 comments
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Tiger, Lion, Mukade

A few more pages from my sketchbook.  
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Cocksec Mosquito Coils

A few more pages from my sketchbook.  
2008-10-06 | Andrea |  3 comments
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Sketchbook Everywhere

These are some of the new drawings in my Hidenoya Sketchbook.  
2008-10-02 | Andrea |  4 comments
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The Visitors

Chance and improvisation are important in my work. I welcome the unexpected as a gift ...
2008-09-30 | Andrea |  1 comments
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Indigo Museum

The dioramas at the Indigo Museum were very inspiring. Photographed in a certain kind of ...
2008-09-15 | Andrea |  1 comments
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The Story of a Community Theater (part ...

Yorii-za  There are almost no documents about the building of the Yorii-za Theater, but according to ...
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The Story of a Community Theater (part ...

To Begin    In Kamiyama, there is a ningyo joruri puppetry group called Yorii-za, but there is ...
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The Tale of the Great Snake

This story comes from the Shozan-ji Temple area of Kamiyama.  Once upon a time, a great ...
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Place Names in Kamiyama

“Kamiyama” means “God’s Mountain” in Japanese.  The Kojiki is a collection of histories and legends of ...
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The Legend of Ozo and Yokichi

Mount Tateiwa, in the Orono area of Kamiyama, is shaped like an eagle with its ...