What is depicted here takes the shape of my father and grandfather. But it is also connected to the universal fatherly presence.
My father, who was involved in the labor movement before I was born,
The banana that my grandfather gave me, the flowers that bloom in the Tohoku region, and a
Cattle and horses in their time, and even earlier, were not food, but were family members who
The circle at the top is the family crest of my father’s side of the family, and since my mother
The large white circle is also a Yantra, a sacred symbol believed to influence space.
From the depth of this painting as well, DNA that has continued from ancient times flows