Chaos

Like the Hundun of Zhuangzi, the formless vanishes the moment we try to give it form. Let the formless remain formless.

2025 · Pastel and water-based pen · 30 × 30 cm · $4,900

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Artist’s Notes

I framed this work, finished last year. The frame I had ordered on completion never sat right, so I chose a plain black frame with a black mat — and it settled in more easily than I expected.

Looking at it again after some time, it seemed different from before… Perhaps when we look too closely, the essence slips out of view…

Threads, January 2026


Exhibitions

  • 2026"JAPONICA-JAPONICA IN TOKYO", Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre

2 Works

  • Chaos
  • Kaze ya Tokuramu
  • Summer Breeze
  • Seichō — Clear and Serene
  • Hinoe-uma — Transcendence
  • Genesis of Fluctuation
  • The Inner Cosmos
  • Lotus Reverie
  • Midnight Summer
  • Melody of the Solstice
  • Being
  • Sway of the Wind
  • The Flower of Vanity
  • Signs of Summer — Between Harmony and Sway
  • The Transience of Life
  • From Budding to Quickening
  • Source of Fluctuation
  • Tenkū — Le Ciel
  • Re — Reincarnation
  • Kinshū — Autumn Scenery
  • The Sign of Summer
  • Autumn Has Begun
  • Late Summer Night Sky
  • Fluctuation — A Sense of Becoming
  • A Promise with the Soul
  • Oneness — Integration
  • Yomigaeri — Remembering Kumano
  • Communion with the Gods — Iyasaka Kagura
  • AQUA

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