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すかぢ
SCA-DI
同時間的拡散消費としての少女図
Dojikan-teki-kakusan-shohi toshiteno shojo-zu (Image of a Girl as Simultaneous DiffusionConsumption)
同時間的拡散消費について
サブカルチャーを中心とした、歴史的文脈を重んじる消費者であった元オタク文化は、ネット回線の転送速度がある地点を越える事により、多くの消費者が増殖複製拡散の速度に追いつけず、歴史性無き同時複製拡散消費者として新たなスタイルに変化していく。
一つのコンテンツはパラフレーズイ匕（修辞学的ではなく音楽的な）されネット回線によって同時多発的に、文節化、変化、融合しその消費速度を速めていく。それは喜ばしき事でもあリ忌むべきものでもあるが、その状況は加速してゆかざるを得ない。
少女図について
少女についての論考はあまりに多くの人間によってされているので割愛する。
Concerning Simultaneous Diffusion Consumption
The original otaku culture consisted of consumers who valued historical contexts centered on the sub-culture, but with the increase in the speed of internet connections, many of the consumers could not keep up with the proliferation, reproduction and diffusion, giving rise to a new style of simultaneous reproduction/diffusion consumer with no historical elements.
The content of a single site is paraphrased (musically rather than rhetorically) then simultaneously and repeatedly segmented, transformed, and fused, its consumption rate increasing. It is a wonderful yet detestable situation, but one that can only continue to accelerate.
Concerning the image of the girl.
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伊藤ベン
Itoh Ben
龍狩りの春祭〜桜花舞う季節
Ryugari no haru matsuri - oka mau kisetsu (Dragon Hunt Spring Festival — The Season When the Cherry Blossom Falls)
どラも、伊藤ベンと申します。
このような晴れの場に、またもや参加が叶い光栄です！
今回は『日本』そして『季節』がテ一マということで、私が好きな季節『春』をモチーフにテーマを膨らませてみました。
日本から古来より伝わる伝説のモンスタ一『龍』をメインとして登場させて、画面のキャラクタ一には天使の翼を付けて、そして自分の絵らしく、刀の武器も持たせて――。
しかし今回は難産でした。実作業はもちろんですが、特に構図でひたすら悩んだ時間が多かったように感じます…。
難産ついでに、この際なので昨年描いたキャラクターも登場させてみました。前回の図録をお持ちで気にされた方は、確認していただければ幸いです。
と、こんな苦労をした結果からなのか、それとも制作に掛けた時間が長かったせいなのか、近年描いた作品の中では一番好きな絵になったような気もします。
桜はいいですよね！ラブです！ビバ日本です!！
昨年とても色々なことが起こりましたが、やはリそれでも私はこの日本が大好きです。
この作品を御覧になった方も気に入って貰えたら、それに勝る幸せはありません。
ありがとうございました…！！
Hello, my name is Itoh Ben.
I am very honored to be able to participate in this event again.
This year the themes are ‘Japan’ and ‘seasons’ so I decided to use my favorite season, spring, to enlarge upon these.
I used the dragon, a monster from Japanese legend, as the main subject, giving the characters in the picture wings like an angel and having them carry swords, as is typical in my work.
However, it was difficult to do. Of course, it goes without saying that the actual illustration was hard, but in particular, I seemed to spend an awful lot of time thinking about the composition.
As well as it being difficult to create, I also added the characters from last year’s work and I hope that those of you who have last year’s catalogue will look and check this out.
Perhaps it is because it was such a struggle to create, or because I spent so much time working on it, but I think that this is my favorite picture in recent years.
Isn’t cherry blossom great? It’s love! Viva Japan!
Lots of things happened last year, but even so, I still love Japan.
If people like this picture, then nothing could give me greater happiness.
Thank you very much. |
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ななかまい
mai nanaca
ほろほろ桜天よリこぼるる
Horohorosakura ten yori koboruru (Falling Cherry Blossom, Spilling Down from Heaven)
初めまして、ななかまいと申します。
今回のテ一マは『四季』とのことなので、しきつながりで（駄洒落一。）『ほろほろと天よりこぼるる桜かな』という正岡子規の俳句をオマージュ&自由律風にしたタイトルにしてみました。
……確かこんな俳句があったはずなのです。
ググっても出てこなかつたので自信ないですが；
えぇと。最近は『ちはやふる』でちょっとだけメジャ一になった百人一首を始め、俳句や短歌などの短い言葉の中には四季の風物が織り込まれているものが多いですよね。
言葉は時代とともに変化して、辞書を片手に読まないと分からない作品も多いけど、それでも美しいものを美しいと感じる心は、きつと今も昔も同じ。そんな思いが伝わると嬉しいです。
余談ですが、中学高校と百人一首部だったななかは上述の『ちはや』の影響で百人一首人口が増えてくれて（？）すこく嬉しいです。
力ルタ楽しいですよ力ルタ！是非☆
How do you do? My name is mai nanaca.
The theme this year is ‘the four seasons’.
I named this work in homage to a haiku poem by MASAOKA Shiki: ‘Spilling from heaven, One following another, The cherry blossom’ but using a free style.
...I was sure that she wrote a poem like this, but no matter how long I googled it, I could not find it so I am no longer confident.
Err...recently the popularity of the manga, Chihayafuru, has led to a renewed interest in Japanese poetry, such as haiku or tanka, which incorporate expressions of the scenery of the four season’s within a short verse.
Words change with times and many of these old poems are now incomprehensible unless you have a dictionary to hand, but I think that our hearts, which allow us to recognize beautiful things as being beautiful, remains unchanged in both past and present. I will be delighted if you can feel this in my work.
To change the subject, I was a member of the poetry card club at junior and senior high school, so I am delighted to see more people interested in the subject as a result of the heroine ‘Chihaya’ in the manga I mentioned earlier.
Poetry card games are fun! Please try them. |
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るろお
LLO
四季辻
Shiki tsuji (Crossroad of Shines)
年々、時間の体感速度が上がっています。
先刻まで春だと思っていたのに気付けばもう冬だったり。
そんな訳で、くるくると彩りを変える世界に少しだけ怯えつつ、想い、描いてみました。迫リ来る時間に負けないよう、破魔矢を持つ巫女さんも描いたのでバツチリです。
Every year time appears to pass faster.
It seems that no sooner has spring ended than it is already winter.
I have therefore expressed my feelings, while feeling slightly scared of the ever-changing cycle of colors in the world.
I will not give in to the pressure of time, that is why it is apt that I have chosen a picture of a shrine maiden holding an arrow to drive off evil. |
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蘭宮涼
RAMIYA RYO
桜•吹雪
Sakura - Fubuki (Cherrv Blossoms — Snow Storm)
テーマ「日本の四季」の中から「春」と「冬」を選びました。雪の季節が終わり、眠りに就こうとしている冬の巫女と、蕾を開かせて桜を満開にしている春の巫女です。桜の花びらが散る様子は雪のようにも見えるので、春と冬を融合したイラストにしてみました。
実際、この季節に飛び交っているのは大量のスギ花粉なのですが…。
このイラストはアナログなので、筆とエアブラシと歯ブラシで描かれております。
The theme is ‘Japan’s four seasons’ so I have chosen to illustrate ‘spring’ and ‘winter’. The season of snow has come to an end and the Miko (shrine maiden) of winter is settling down for sleep while the Miko of spring is opening the buds to fill the trees with cherry blossom. The cascading petals of the cherry blossom resemble snow so I have fused spring and winter in this illustration.
In actual fact, the air in this season is filled with huge amounts of cedar pollen...
This is an analogue illustration that was created using paintbrushes, an airbrush and toothbrushes. |
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よしづきくみち
Kumichi Yoshizuki
pray
pray
日本の棚田が大好きです。
棚田の美しさは、大自然の中で連綿と受け継がれてきた人間の営みの尊さそのもののような気がしています。
少女の祈りと視線の先に、見る方々の想いが重なるよう丹念に気持ちを込めて描きました。
見ているだけで手を合わせたくなるような光景が、日本にはまだまだ沢山あリますね。
I love the terraced rice fields of Japan.
I feel that the beauty of these terraced fields sums up the nobleness of humanity’s continued labor in nature.
I drew this very carefully in an effort to make the gaze of the praying girl combine with the thoughts of viewer.
There still remain lots of scenes in Japan that make us want to put our hands together in prayer. |
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憂姫はぐれ
hagure yuuki
祭太鼓の夏
Matsuridaiko no natsu (Festival Drum Summer)
第2回開催おめでとうございます。
今回は「日本の四季」がテ一マということで、夏のお祭りのイラストを描かせていただきました。
力強くにぎやかな祭リ嗛子や太鼓の音色は、不思議と心を元気にしてくれるパワーがあるように思います。ソイヤソイヤ！
Congratulations on holding the exhibition again this year.
This time the theme is ‘Japan’s four seasons’ so I have produced an illustration of a summer festival.
I feel that the compelling, lively sound of the festival music and drums possesses a strange power to make us feel happy. Soiya! Soiya! |
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憂
Yuu
The Pillow Book
The Pillow Book
日本で最も古く有名なエッセイに、清少納言の「枕草子(The Pillow Book)」があります。その第一段には、日本の四季の美しさが描かれています。春はあけぼの、といった言葉の音も、日本語独特のクールなリズムです。この4人の少女たちは、最も「をかし」とされる、春の雲棚引く朝焼け、夏の蛍舞う夜、秋の雁飛ぶ夕焼け、冬の雪降る朝を描いたものです。
Among the oldest and most famous essays in the Japanese language is Sei Shonagon’s ‘The Pillow Book’. In the first section it describes the beauty of Japan’s four seasons. It states that akebono (dawn) is the most attractive hour in spring, the sound of the word akebono expressing the unique rhythms of the Japanese language. The four girls in this picture symbolize the most attractive aspects of each season: the sun rising through a band of cloud in spring, the dancing fireflies at night in summer, the wild geese flying through the sunset in autumn and the falling snow on a winter morning. |
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やまかぜ嵐
Yamakaze Ran
蛍夜
Keiya (Firefly Night)
昨年に続き再び、絵師100人展が開催されたこと、そして参加できたこと、大変嬉しく思います。
今回、テ一マが日本の四季ということで、夏の夜を描きました。
自分自身は蛍を小さい頃見たきリなのですが、そんな遠い思い出とともに制作をしました。
蛍が舞う幻想的なイメージが伝われば幸いです。
I am extremely happy that the Eshi 100 exhibition is to be held for a second year running and also to be invited to take part in it.
The theme this year is ‘Japan’s four seasons’，so I have created the image of a summer’s night.
I personally have not seen any fireflies since I was little, but I produced this illustration based on those old memories.
I hope that I have succeeded in creating a fantastic image of fireflies swarming in the night sky. |
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ヤス
YASU
桜の蕾
Sakura no tsubomi (Cherry Buds)
はじめまして、ヤスともうします。前回の絵師100人展に引き続き、今回も作品を展示させて頂き光栄です。
今回のイラストは『季節の変わり目』をテ一マにしています。冬の寒い時期が続く中、寒さに負けず桜の蕾が咲き始め春の到来を知らせている、というイメージで制作しました。
絵に登場する女の子は夕飯の買い物帰リの肺妹です。仲の良さそうな雰囲気が出ていましたら幸いです。
How do you do, my name is YASU. I am very proud to be able to exhibit my work in the Eshi 100 Exhibition two years running.
This year’s illustration presents an image of ‘the changing seasons’. Even though the cold of winter may still continue, the cherry blossom is not deterred and begins to bloom, heralding the coming of spring. That is the image I wanted to create.
The girl in the picture is on her way back from shopping for dinner with her younger sister. I hope that I have succeeded in creating an impression of intimacy between them. |
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やくり
YAKURI
冬の妖精
Fuyu no Yosei (Spirit of Winter)
日本の四季がテ一マということで、北海道の絵師らしく冬をイメージしてみました。
妖精さんが冬を連れてきているところで、歩いてきたところは氷になり、衣からは雪が舞っていて、左側の森はまだ葉が付いていますが右側は葉も無く雪が積もっている様子です。
冬の冷たい空気を感じて頂ければ幸いです。
The theme is ‘the four seasons’, so as an artist from Hokkaido, I decided to use an image of winter.
The spirit brings winter: where she walks water turns to ice and snow falls from her clothes. The trees on the left still have leaves, but those on the right are bare and covered in snow.
I hope you are able to feel the cold breath of winter. |
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基4
Motoyon
六六道
Rokurokudo
このたびはお招きにあずかリ、本当にありがとうござしヽます。勉強になリました。
Thank you very much for inviting me to participate in this event. I was able to learn a lot. |
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萌木原ふみたけ
Fumitake Moekibara
ウミネコは還る
Umineko wa kaeru (The Black-tailed Gulls Returns)
春の訪れ。
ウミネコ達の騒がしい鳴き声が、まだ冷たい東北の海風に乗ってやってきます。
ウミネコの繁殖地として、八戸市の蕪島や陸前高田市の椿島などが有名ですが、故郷の近い私もよく訪れた場所であります。
先の震災では、津波の被害がありました。
それでもウミネコ達は例年と変わらずこの地へ帰って来ました。
荒れ果ててしまった地に、新しい命を、家族を守るウミネコ達の姿に、私は感動しました。
あれから1年、変わらない自然の営みは季節と共に巡って行きます。
The coming of spring.
The shrieking of the returning black-tailed gulls is carried on the wind over northeastern sea.
Kabushima Island in Hachinohe City or Tsubakishima Island in Rikuzentakata City are famous breeding grounds of the black-tailed gull and as they are close to my hometown，I often used to visit them.
They were affected by the earthquake and tsunami last year.
But despite this, the gulls returned again this year the same as every year. I was extremely moved to see this new life and the gulls protecting their families in the midst of the desolation.
A year has passed since the disaster and nature continues its seasonal activities unchanged. |
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MIN-NARAKEN
MIN-NARAKEN
春爛花
Haru ranka (The Brilliant Blossom of Spring)
初めまして。
MIN-NARAKENと申します。
「春」は四季の中では個人的にも一番好きな季節なのです。友人の創った春の曲があります。
それをイメージの出発点として描きました。
春。
桜満開となる季節。
桜の精の、その踊るような暖かみを感じていただけたら幸いです。
How do you do, my name is MIN-NARAKEN.
Of all the four seasons, I personally like spring the best.
A friend of mine composed a melody about spring.
And I used this image as a starting point.
Spring.
The season when the cherry blossom comes into full bloom.
If you are able to feel the warmth of the spirit of the cherry blossom, I will be most happy. |
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みさくらなんこつ
Misakura Nankotsu
欲望に駆られた卑しきブタへの愛
Yokubo ni karareta iyashiki buta e no ai (Love for a Vulgar Pig Driven by Lust)
みさくらの絵を飾ってお祝いしたら楽しいとおもいます、それって星祭り★★★キラーン
I think it would be fun to hang Misakura picture and celebrate, that is the star festival ★★★ Kiraan |
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深崎暮人
Kurehito Misaki
Summer Rain
Summer Rain
突然の夏の夕立はアスファルトの熱を冷まし、一時の「間」を作り出します。熱帯のスコールとはまた違った空気感に日本独特の風情を感じてしまいます。
A sudden summer shower cools the hot asphalt, creating a momentary ‘interval’. It creates a different atmosphere to that of a tropical squall, one which I think is typically Japanese. |
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Mitha
Misa
幽玄の夏
Yugen no natsu (Mysterious Summer)
こんにちは、イラストレータ一のMitha(みさ）と申します。
第2回のテ一マは「日本の四季」ということで、夏を選んでみました。
現実なのか夢なのか…判然としない、夏の夜の不思議さを描いてみましたが、いかがでしょうか。
個人的に丸窓がとても日本的だと感じたので、今回のモチーフとして採用してます。
そして、女の子はもちろん和服ですね。
人のようでいて、ちょっと妖精にも見えるようなキャラクターに描けたと思っています＾＾
幻想的で煌びやかな雰囲気が出ているといいな〜。
Hello, my name is Misa and I am an illustrator.
The theme for this, the second exhibition, is ‘Japan’s Four Seasons’，so I decided to use summer.
I drew this picture depicting ‘the strangeness of a summer’s night, when it is difficult to tell if things are real or whether you are dreaming—what do you think?
Personally, I feel that round windows are very typical of Japan, so I used one as a motif in this illustration, and of course, the girl is wearing a kimono. Although the subject is a person, I think that I have succeeded in also giving her a fairylike appearance. ＾＾
I hope that you can feel the wondrous, glittering atmosphere. |
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みけおう
MIKEOU
春色巫女舞
Haruiro miko mai (Dance of the Shrine Maiden in Spring Scenery)
この度は大変貴重な機会にお呼び頂きましてあリがとうこ'ざいます。みけおうです。
前回の100人展で夕暮れ時の巫女さんを描かせて頂いたのですが、やっぱリ巫女さんが好き！という事で少しテーマや方向性を変えつつ描かせて頂きました。
桜の舞う季節、水の上で神楽を舞う巫女さんが居たらフアンタジックで素敵かなと思います。今はお正月時に神社で見かける程度ですが、もっと色々なお祭りや身近な機会に巫女さんが活躍してくれるいいのにな〜と思ったり…。
これからも巫女さんをいっぱい描いていきたいと思います。少しでも気に入って頂ければ幸いです。どうもありがとうございました。
I would like to express my gratitude for being offered this valuable opportunity. My name is MIKEOU.
When I participated in the ‘Eshi 100 - Contemporary Japanese Illustration’ exhibition last year, I drew a shrine maiden at sunset, but then I really like shrine maidens! For that reason I have used the same subject, although changing the theme and orientation somewhat.
I thought it would be fantastic and cute if a shrine maiden were to perform a holy dance on water while the cherry blossom falls around her. Today, we only see shrine maidens during the new year festivities but wouldn’t it be great if we were able to have more opportunities to see their activities at various festivals, or in the neighborhood, etc...
I plan to draw many more shrine maidens in the future. I will be happy if you like this work even a little bit. Thank you very much. |
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まみた
Mamita
Furu furu sakura furu (It's Raining — Raining Cherry Blossom)
桜も女の子も、夜が一番きれいです。
Both cherry blossom and girls are more beautiful at night. |
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松之鐘流
canel matsuno
春まで、まだもう少し
Haru made, mada mo sukoshi (There is Still a Little Time Before Spring)
素直になれない幼馴染。彼女の雪融けにはまだまだ掛かりそう…、と心優しい（またはおせっかいな）妹様はお姉ちゃんの代わりに神様にお願いしてみるのでした。
Childhood friends who are not honest with each other. It will still be some time before the snow in her heart will melt... so the little girl has decided to make a wish to the gods on behalf of her elder sister (either out of kindness or because she is a busybody) that she will get together with her boyfriend. |
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MATSUDA98
MATSU DA98
いつまでも絶えることなく
Itsumademo taerukoto naku (Together Forever)
別れと出会いの季節、「春」を描かせていただきました。
3月までは同じ制服を着ていた彼女達は4月に別々の学校へ進み、今は別々の制服を着て別々の生活を送っています。
少しさみしいけれどそうやって環境が変わっても絶えることなく、いられたら。明日もきっと別々のところで頑張れると思うのです。
また、そんな切ない気持ちを暖かく包んでくれる春という季節がとても大好きです。
写真を撮っているもう1人も想像していただけると嬉しいです。
I have drawn a picture of spring, the season of partings and meetings. These girls, who all wore the same uniforms until March, will be going to different schools from April; they will all wear different uniforms and live different lives.
It is a little sad but even though their environments change, if they can only remain unchanged, then I am sure that they will all be able to do their best from tomorrow on their own.
I love spring for the way in which it envelops this sad emotion in warmth.
I hope that you will try to imagine the sixth member of the group who is taking this picture. |
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ポルリン
Porurin
障子貼る
Shoji haru (Repapering the Sliding Doors)
今回のテーマは「日本の四季」でしたので赤が好きな自分は真っ先に秋を選択し、次になにで日本を感じてもらうか考えました。その時に目を付けたのが季語でした。そして見つけたのが「障子貼る」という単語、これは冬の寒さに備えて障子を貼るという仲秋の季語。自分は覚えてないですが、子供の頃に障子を張リ替えてたのはもしかしたら秋だったのかもしれません。シャワーで紙を濡らすのが大好きでした。のリを水で溶き、薄くしてハケで塗るのも楽しかったです。
何気ない日常の中でもなんとなく次の季節のために準備する習慣や作業があり、それを行うと「この季節がきたか!」と感じます。四季を表現することは日本を表現することにも通じていると、この絵を描いて実感しました。今回のテ一マは大変素晴らしいものでした。
The theme this time is ‘The Four Seasons of Japan’; I like red so I immediately chose autumn, but next I asked myself what subject would make people think of Japan. That is when I noticed a dictionary of seasonal words for poetry. Looking inside there was an entry for ‘papering doors’, which is done in mid-autumn in preparation of the cold of winter. I do not remember, but it might well have been autumn when the sliding doors were repapered during my childhood. I used to like wetting the old paper with the shower. I also enjoyed diluting the glue with water and then applying a thin coat to the door with a brush. The custom of performing simple everyday tasks like this in preparation of the coming season, lets us appreciate the season we are currently enjoying. While drawing this picture, I realized that expressing the seasons is another way of expressing Japan. This year’s theme is really wonderful. |
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ぽよよん♡ろつく
Poyoyon♡Rock
いちねんじゆ〜、すくみずday♪
Ichinenju, sukumizu day♪ (School Swimsuit Day All Year Round)
はじめまして、ぽよよんワろつくといいます
こんかいも、だいすきなすくみずをもち〜ふにはるはさくらひらひら、なつは
かぶとむしぶ〜ん、あきはもみじ、ふゆはしんしんふるゆき
きせつはいつでも、すくみずで〜ぴこぴこげ〜むしてたいな♪o(^-^)o
How do you do, my name is Poyoyon♡Rock.
I have used my favorite subject—a school swimsuit—as the main motif with floating petals of cherry blossom to represent spring, a flying beetle for summer, maple leaves for autumn and heavy snow for winter.
Whatever the season, I want to play video games in a school swimsuit♪o(^-^)o |
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星野リリィ
hoshino lily
夏の日課
Natsu no nikka (Summer Routine)
四季の中で一番好きな夏に、好きな花、好きな植物、好きなモチーフ…と好きなものを詰め込んでみました。こまごましている部分が多いので何かと大変でしたが楽しかったです。
I packed all my favorite things, my favorite flowers, my favorite plants, my favorite motifs...everything, into my favorite of the four seasons— summer. There is a lot of fine detail so it was quite hard to achieve, but I enjoyed doing it. |
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べつかんこう
Bekkankou
涼
Ryo (Cool Breeze)
はじめまして、べっかんこうです。この度は絵師100人展に参加させていただき、ありがとうございます。
今回はテ一マが「日本の四季」ということで、特に日本の夏にイメージを絞って描かせていただきました。
最近はなかなかイラストのような縁側を見かけなくなリました。それでも夏になると昔遊んだ友達の家や父方の田舎の風景を懐かしく思い出します。夏の暑い日にはクーラーの効いた涼しい部屋にでも引きこもりたいものですが、こんな夏の過ごし方も良いなとこのイラストを見てくださった皆さまに感じてもらえたら嬉しいです。
How do you do, my name is Bekkankou. Thank you very much for inviting me to participate in the Eshi 100 exhibition.
The theme for this exhibition is ‘The Four Seasons of Japan’ and I decided to focus in on summer.
These days we rarely see a traditional verandah like the one depicted in this picture. Despite this, in the summer I often feel nostalgic for the one in my friend’s house where I used to play as a child or the country scenery from my father’s hometown.
In the heat of summer we just want to stay indoors with the air conditioning on, but I hope that the people who see this illustration will feel attracted to the kind of summer it depicts. |
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フミ才
Fumio
赤青黄色い秋と少女
Aka ao kiiroi aki to shojo (Red, Blue and Yellow Autumn and Girl)
秋といえば、紅葉や夕焼けの赤と黄色のイメージだったのですが、もう少しカラフルな秋を描いてみようと思いました。
When we think of autumn, imagine red leaves, red sunsets and yellow, but I thought I would make autumn a bit more colorful. |
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ひびき玲音
Reine Hibiki
制服
Seifuku (Uniforms)
日本の四季を1枚の絵で表現するのにあたって、前回の作品でも描いた女子高校生を中心に『制服と季節』でまとめようと構想を練っていたのですが、欲張リな私はひとつの季節に絞ることができず、結局全ての季節を描くことになリました（笑)。
私が感じる季節のイメージをキャラクタ一の雰囲気にかぶせてみました。
お気に入りの子を選んでいただけると嬉しいです。
In order to express Japan's four seasons in a single picture I decided to focus on the image of a senior high school girls, as I did last year, using the concept of ‘uniforms and seasons’. However, being greedy, I could not bring myself to concentrate on one season and ended up including them all. (laughs)
I have combined my image of each season with the various characters.
I hope you choose the girl you like the best. |
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樋上いたる
Itaru Hinoue
冬龍
Toryu (Winter Dragon)
樋上いたるです。またこのような場にお誘いいただきまして、誠にあリがとうございます！今回は「日本の四季」とのことでしたので、冬をテ一マに今年の干支の辰（龍）を描いてみました。冬を意識したので龍の鬣は白く、吐く息も白です。女の子と龍が繫がるように目の色は同じにしてみました。
My name is Itaru Hinoue. Thank you very much for inviting me to take part in this event again! The theme this year is The Four Seasons of Japan’ so I chose winter and combined it with a dragon which is this year's animal, according to the Chinese zodiac. I created a feeling of winter by making the dragon’s mane and breath white. I also made the girl's eyes the same color as the dragon’s in order to make a link between the two. |
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緋色雪
Yuki Hiiro
うつくしきもの
Utsukushikimono (Beautiful Things)
日本と四季がテ一マとのことで、枕草子の序文「春はあけぼの…」の季節描写全てを取リ入れた白拍子の舞を描いてみました。
金雲や衣装など、必要以上に「和」を主張しています。四季という美しき理を少しでも描けていたなら幸いです。
The theme is The Four Seasons of Japan’ and so I have drawn a Heian Period (794-1185) dancing girl, including all the seasonal descriptions that are listed in the introduction to Makura-no-soshi, which opens with the passage, ‘In spring it is the dawn...，
From the golden clouds to the girl's costume, I have stressed the Japanese aspects of the picture. I will be very happy if I have succeeded in capturing some of the beauty of the four seasons in my drawing. |
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晚杯あきら
Vampire Killer
雪やコンコン
Yuki ya konkon (It is Snowing)
こんにちは、晚杯あきらです。
この度はこのような場におよびいただけて心から光栄に思います！
作品の方は狐耳の女子ですね。
私、今は雪の少ない地域に住んでいるのですが出身は雪国です。なのでその雪景色を懐かしみながら描きました。
タイトルは完全に後付けなのですが、上手いこと狐と雪でかかってしまいましたね（ドヤ顔）
Hello, I’m Vampire Killer.
I am very honored to be invited to take part in this event!
The subject of this work is a girl with fox ears.
At the moment I live in a place that does not get much snow but I originally come from the snow country, so I felt quite nostalgic as I drew the snow scene in this picture.
The title was added after I finished the work, but it is very apt for the picture.
(Konkon means both heavy snowfall and describes the cry of the fox). |
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バーニア600
VANIA600
夏音列車
Natsu oto ressha (Summer Sounds Train)
アナログ改札を抜け、アナログ列車に乗る。いつもの差し入れ、いつもの運ちゃん。
古の納涼装置が揺れる、夏の上り134列車。
Passing through an analog ticket barrier to board an analog train.
The usual present of a can of drink for the usual driver.
The traditional cooling devices (wind bells) sway as ‘Up Train no.134’ pulls away. |
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西又葵
Aoi Nishimata
しゅうしよくまつしま
Shushoku Matsushima (Matsushima in Autumn Colors)
前回に引き続き参加させて戴くにあたり、今回のテ一マが「日本の四季」と言う事で非常に悩みました。日本の素晴らしい四季のうち、どの季節を描くか。そしてその景色をどこにするか。数々考え今回描かせていただいたのはやはリ宮城県の松島という場所でした。昨年の東日本大震災より少し前に偶然プライべ一卜で訪れていた場所であリ、大きな被害を受けた石巻、気仙沼などもその時に訪れました。その時に松島に滞在していたときに旅館の窓から眺めた素晴らしい松島の景色oまさに「日本三景」と頷きました。その素晴らしさを少しでも絵にし皆様にお届けできるよう。そしてぜひ皆様にも訪れて欲しい場所と思い描かせて頂きました。そして題材は松島の素晴らしさをより表現できる秋を選び、手前に白い菊を配置しました。白い菊は少し倭げで物悲しい印象もありますが花言葉は「誠実」「真実」です。誠実な日本。真実の日本を描けたのなら個人的にも満足です。
I was invited to participate in this event again this year, but upon being given the theme of ‘Japan’s four seasons’ to work on, I spent a long time wondering what to do. I could not make up my mind which of the wonderful four seasons Japan enjoys to use and what scenery to feature as the subject. After a lot of thought, I settled on Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture. I happened to have been there shortly before the Great East Japan Earthquake and also visited the towns of Ishinomaki and Kesennuma that suffered such terrible damage during the disaster. While I was there I liked to look out of the window of the inn where I was staying on Matsushima and enjoy the wonderful view. It is definitely worthy of being described as one of Japan’s ‘three greatest views’. I hope that I have been able to capture even a small part of its beauty to deliver to you all. I also drew it in the hope that you might visit the area one day. For that reason I chose to depict it in the fall, when Matsushima is at its most beautiful, and I added some white chrysanthemums in the foreground. White chrysanthemums seem ephemeral and melancholy, but in the language of flowers, they stand for ‘fidelity’ and ‘truth’. If I have succeeded in depicting a faithful image of Japan, the true Japan, then I will be very happy. |
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ななかまい
mai nanaca
ほろほろ桜天よリこぼるる
Horohorosakura ten yori koboruru (Falling Cherry Blossom, Spilling Down from Heaven)
初めまして、ななかまいと申します。
今回のテ一マは『四季』とのことなので、しきつながりで（駄洒落一。）『ほろほろと天よりこぼるる桜かな』という正岡子規の俳句をオマージュ&自由律風にしたタイトルにしてみました。
……確かこんな俳句があったはずなのです。
ググっても出てこなかつたので自信ないですが；
えぇと。最近は『ちはやふる』でちょっとだけメジャ一になった百人一首を始め、俳句や短歌などの短い言葉の中には四季の風物が織り込まれているものが多いですよね。
言葉は時代とともに変化じこ辞書を片手に読まないと分からない作品も多いけど、それでも美しいものを美しいと感じる心は、きつと今も昔も同じ。そんな思いが伝わると嬉しいです。
余談ですが、中学高校と百人一首部だったななかは上述の『ちはや』の影響で百人一首人口が増えてくれて（？）すこく嬉しいです。
力ルタ楽しいですよ力ルタ！是非☆
How do you do? My name is mai nanaca.
The theme this year is ‘the four seasons’.
I named this work in homage to a haiku poem by MASAOKA Shiki: ‘Spilling from heaven, One following another, The cherry blossom’ but using a free style.
...I was sure that she wrote a poem like this, but no matter how long I googled it, I could not find it so I am no longer confident.
Err...recently the popularity of the manga, Chihayafuru, has led to a renewed interest in Japanese poetry, such as haiku or tanka, which incorporate expressions of the scenery of the four season’s within a short verse.
Words change with times and many of these old poems are now incomprehensible unless you have a dictionary to hand, but I think that our hearts, which allow us to recognize beautiful things as being beautiful, remains unchanged in both past and present. I will be delighted if you can feel this in my work.
To change the subject, I was a member of the poetry card club at junior and senior high school, so I am delighted to see more people interested in the subject as a result of the heroine ‘Chihaya’ in the manga I mentioned earlier.
Poetry card games are fun! Please try them. |
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西中康弘
Yasuhiro Nishinaka
彼岸の狐
Higan no kitsune (Fox of the Equinox)
仕事場の近くに狐が行列をしてお参りをすることで有名な神社があります。現代の狐がどんな格好でお参りをするか、そんなことを考えながら描いてみました。
There is a shrine near the place where I work which is famed for processions of foxes coming to pray.
What form would a fox take today? That is what I was thinking as I drew this illustration. |
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ななかまし
mai nanaca
ほろほろ桜天よリこぼるる
Horohorosakura ten yori koboruru (Falling Cherry Blossom, Spilling Down from Heaven)
初めまして、ななかまいと申します。
今回のテ一マは『四季』とのことなので、しきつながりで（駄洒落一。）『ほろほろと天よりこぼるる桜かな』という正岡子規の俳句をオマージュ&自由律風にしたタイトルにしてみました。
……確かこんな俳句があったはずなのです。
ググっても出てこなかつたので自信ないですが；
えぇと。最近は『ちはやふる』でちょっとだけメジャ一になった百人一首を始め、俳句や短歌などの短い言葉の中には四季の風物が織り込まれているものが多いですよね。
言葉は時代とともに変化じこ辞書を片手に読まないと分からない作品も多いけど、それでも美しいものを美しいと感じる心は、きつと今も昔も同じ。そんな思いが伝わると嬉しいです。
余談ですが、中学高校と百人一首部だったななかは上述の『ちはや』の影響で百人一首人口が増えてくれて（？）すこく嬉しいです。
力ルタ楽しいですよ力ルタ！是非☆
How do you do? My name is mai nanaca.
The theme this year is ‘the four seasons’.
I named this work in homage to a haiku poem by MASAOKA Shiki: ‘Spilling from heaven, One following another, The cherry blossom’ but using a free style.
...I was sure that she wrote a poem like this, but no matter how long I googled it, I could not find it so I am no longer confident.
Err...recently the popularity of the manga, Chihayafuru, has led to a renewed interest in Japanese poetry, such as haiku or tanka, which incorporate expressions of the scenery of the four season’s within a short verse.
Words change with times and many of these old poems are now incomprehensible unless you have a dictionary to hand, but I think that our hearts, which allow us to recognize beautiful things as being beautiful, remains unchanged in both past and present. I will be delighted if you can feel this in my work.
To change the subject, I was a member of the poetry card club at junior and senior high school, so I am delighted to see more people interested in the subject as a result of the heroine ‘Chihaya’ in the manga I mentioned earlier.
Poetry card games are fun! Please try them. |
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七尾奈留
NARU NANAO
夏の夜
Natsu no yoru (Summer Niaht)
「日本の四季」をテーマにという事なので、私の大好きな季節「夏」を選びました。もっとも好き嫌い以前に「桜満開お花見」とか「紅葉」とか「ホワイトクリスマス」といった、日本人なら誰しもあリそうなシチュエーションに一切縁がない沖縄育ちには、夏以外の季節を好きになる機会が……。
そんなこんなで夏の夜、水面に映る花火を描こうと思い、海や浴衣に花火に神社に…と、描きたいもの、子供の頃に近所で見た景色や賑やかな中を飛んでいる蛍など、昔の思い出も含めてこの絵の中に詰め込んでみました。
As the theme was Japan's four seasons, I chose my favorite season, summer. Although I say it is my favorite, I come from Okinawa where we do not experience the ‘cherry blossom viewing’, ‘autumn leaves’, ‘white Christmas’ or other events that the rest of the Japanese enjoy, so I never had a chance to like anything but summer...
I decided to draw a summer’s night with fireworks reflected in the surface of water. The sea, a yukata kimono, fireworks, a shrine, all these things that I wanted to draw derive from the scenery of my childhood when the sky was full of fireflies, so I have included all my memories in this picture. |
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なつめえリ
Eri Natsume
春風の贈り物
Haru kaze no okurimono (Present from the Spring Wind)
日本の四季ということで私自身一番大好きな春をテーマに描きました。
咲く花、風に散る花、地面に落ちた花とそれぞれに心や意味を感じられる、そんな日本が大好きです。
擬人化というのも日本が生んだ素晴らしいカルチャーだと思うので金魚人魚さんを描いてみました。金魚の少女が春の季節に再び愛する人に会えた、という出会いのシーンをイメージしています。
春に感じる暖かさや喜び、期待などがこの絵から伝えられたらいいなと思います。
The subject is Japan's four seasons so I have used my favorite theme...spring. Blooming blossom, petals scattering on the wind, and petals covering the ground, each of these has its own heart and meaning. This is what I love about Japan.
I think that anthropomorphism is a part of the wonderful culture that developed in Japan and so I have decided to draw a mermaid who is half goldfish. I imagined a rendezvous scene，in which the goldfish girl will be able to be reunited with her lover in the spring.
I hope that you will be able to find a feeling of the warmth, joy and anticipation of spring within this picture. |
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奈月ここ
Natsuki Coco
思い出すのは麦わら帽子の君
Omoidasu no wa mugiwaraboshi no kimi (What I Remember is You in a Straw Hat)
こんにちは、奈月ここと申します。この度はまたまた素敵な企画にお誘い頂けて嬉しいです。あリがとうございます。
今回のテ一マが「四季」という事で、一番好きな夏をテ一マに描かせて頂きました。特に初夏の緑の力強さはこれから何かが起こリそうな高揚惑があつて大好きです。そしてこの季節ならではのアイテム麦わら帽子に眩しいばかリの白いワンピースと好きなものを詰め込んでみました。
この季節ならではのワクワク感と少しばかりの郷愁が描けて楽しかったです！素敵な機会をあリがとうこ'ざいました。
Hello, my name is Natsuki Coco. I am very happy to have been invited to take part in this great event once more. Thank you very much.
The theme this year is ‘the four seasons’ so I took the opportunity to draw my favorite theme—summer. I particularly like early summer when the strength of the color of the green leaves fills us with the euphoric sense of anticipation. I included some of my favorite items that belong to this season, such as a straw hat and a white dress.
I enjoyed expressing the sense of excitement that comes with summer, tinged with a slight feeling of nostalgia! Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. |
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なかじまゆか
Yuka Nakajima
祝!成人
Shuku! Seijin (Congratulations on Coming of Age)
なかじまゆかと申します。
今回、日本の四季ということで新年のイベント「成人式」を描かせて頂きました。
テーマは「成人になって初のお酒でほろ酔い加減の女の子」です。
後ろの女の子は既に出来上がっていて、成人式の明るい雰囲気を描いてみました。
ニュースなどで、きらびやかな振袖の女の子や、袴姿の男の子を見るたび、正月もこれでひと段落、新成人これから頑張れ！と思います。
My name is Yuka Nakajima.
The subject this time was ‘Japan’s four seasons’ so I chose to Illustrate the ‘coming of age’ ceremony at the beginning of the year.
The subject is ‘a girl who has become tipsy after drinking her first cup of sake upon becoming an adult’.
The girl in the background is already drunk, and I have tried to depict the bright atmosphere of the coming of age ceremony.
Every year when I see the girls in their colorful kimonos and the boys in their hakamas, I think, 'that is the end of the New Year holidays, I hope all you young adults do your best!’ |
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篤見唯子
yuiko tokumi
帰り道
Kaerimichi (The Road Home)
双子の女の子の片方が手袋を忘れてしまった、というシチュエーションです。きっとこの後は手袋を半分こして手をつないで帰るんだろうなと思います。双子も色素薄めの子も大好きなのでとても楽しく描かせていただきました。この度はとても華やかな催しにお誘いいただいて本当にあリがとうこ'ざいました。
緊張で小さくなっておリますが、他の作家さんのイラス卜を拝見できるのがとても楽しみです。小さくなリつつ期待で膨らんでおります。
The situation in this picture is of two twin sisters, one of whom has forgotten her gloves. I am sure that after this they will wear one glove each and hold hands as they walk home.
I like to draw twins and also girls with pale skin and hair so I enjoyed doing this very much. Thank you for inviting me to take part in this wonderful event.
My nervousness has made me shy, but I am looking forward to seeing the illustrations produced by the other artists. I am nervous, but filled with anticipation. |
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Maigo (Lost)
前回の絵師100人展も参加させていただいたのですが、その時に描いた2人をまた描いてみました。
I took part in the Eshi 100 exhibition last year and this year I have chosen to use the same two characters again. |
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てんまそ
Tenmaso
20012年灯籠の旅
20012 Nen toronotabi (20012 A Lantern Journey)
川へ流す灯菴は環境的に優しくなく、1万500年ほど前からは空へ流すようになリました。死者の魂は天の川へ放流され、星の海へと還リます。地球生まれは珍しく、いまや大抵の人にとって地球は還るべき海ではありません。今年は久しぶりに地球の上空にて行事が執り行われる年です。ちゃんと地球出身の巫女も見つかリ、儀式の準備はばっちリです。そして今回、これを読まれている貴方様にはとびきリの席もこ'用意致しました。ささ、こちらへどうぞ。人生でたった一度しか座れない本当の特等席になリます。_体何があったのかは知ったことではございませんが、1万と8000年もの長い間地球にしがみついて離れようとしなかったその魂を、今こそ宇宙に還してあけましょう。これでようやく母なる地球にこびリついた不浄を綺麗さっぱり消しさる事ができるのです。これでようやく母なる地球は再生することができるのですから。
In the old days people used to float lanterns down the rivers but this was not good for the environment so for about the last 10,500 years they have been floated out into space instead. The spirits of the dead float along the Milky Way and return to the sea of stars. Today it is rare to find somebody who was actually born on Earth so most people do not think of the Earth's oceans as being a place to which they should return.
This year the ceremony is to be performed in the skies over Earth for a change. We found an Earth-born shrine maiden and our preparations are all complete. Furthermore, we have prepared special seats for all of you who are reading this. Please step this way. It is a truly special seat for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I have no idea why, but human souls have been clinging to Earth for 18,000 years and now is our chance to release them back to space. By so doing we will be able to cleanse mother Earth of its impurity and allow mother Earth to finally be reborn. |
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ていんくる
TINKLE
梔子色の希
Kuchinashi iro no nozomi (Gardenia-colored Hope)
こんにちは、ていんくるのせつなです。
第2回目の絵師100人展というこの場所で再び描かせていただけることをとても嬉しく感じておリます。
そして今回も「日本」というテ一マに描かせていただきましたが、前回は青をイメージの色にして日本の少女の僳さ、そして一瞬の美しさを描かせて頂きました。
今回はイメージカラーを黄色にして昔の日本の美しき黄金色の華やかで可憐な世界を表現しました。
そしてその一見華やかな世界の中で叶わぬ願いを想い続ける、黄金色の世界よリも美しい日本の少女の「一途な願い」という心が伝わリましたらとても幸せです。
Hello, my name is Setsuna and I am half of Tinkle.
We are very happy to have been invited to take part in the Eshi 100 exhibition again.
Once more we have used the theme of ‘Japan’ for our illustration. Last time we used blue as the base color to portray the transient aspect of Japanese girls, and their fleeting beauty. This time we have used gold as the image color to depict the beautiful, golden, flamboyant prettiness of old Japan.
I will be very happy if you are able to catch an image of an unrequited wish amid what appears at first glance to be a world of gorgeous beauty and the ‘whole-hearted desire’ of a beautiful Japanese girl. |
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津路参汰
TSUJI SANTA
四季ガール
Shiki gaaru (Four-Seasons Girl)
四季って日本独自のものらしいですね。春夏秋冬、どれを描くか迷っちゃいますね〜……というわけで、4つの季節全部をミックスしてみました。そして、四季以外に日本独自のものといえば、やはリ漫画&アニメ文イ匕！そんな中でも昨今では知らない人は居ないであろう"アへ顔ダブルピース"という用語。どうですか？何かピンと来ませんか？……そう！ダブルピース！つまり"四"なのです！おお神よ！なんという奇跡！（って、ダジャレかよ！……すみません……。）
今回は自分で彩色&仕上げまで行いました。キャラクタ一と生花とアイスキャンディ一とマフラーと落ち葉の質感の違いを楽しんでいただけたら良いな……と思いながら仕上げたのですが……どうですかね？……どうなのでしょうか……o
最後に、このような素晴らしい機会を2度も与えていただいて恐縮しております。是非また3度目も……！
Apparently the four seasons are unique to Japan. Spring, summer autumn, winter, it was difficult to make up my mind which to draw...so I decided to use all four, mixed together. Apart from the four seasons, what else is unique to Japan? ...Yes, manga and anime culture! One image in this field that I think is familiar to everybody is, ‘ahegao and double peace’. How about it? Do you get it? That’s right! A double peace sign—in other words, ‘four’. My God! It’s a miracle! Sorry...it was rather a poor pun.
This time I carried out all the coloring and finishing myself. I hope you enjoy the different textures presented by the character, flowers, ice candy, muffler and falling leaves...that’s what I was thinking as I finished this...so how about it...?...What do you think...?
In closing I would like to say how grateful I am to have been offered this tremendous opportunity twice. I hope there will be a third...! |
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司淳
TSUKASA JUN
狐面
Kitsune men (Fox Mask)
第1回に続いて第2回絵師100人展にも参加させていただけて凄く嬉しいです！今回のテーマは「日本の四季」という事で、本っ当〜に悩みました(汗)。でも悩んでいる間中ずっと脳内にあったのは狐のお面と浴衣（夏祭りのイメージ）と狐火でした。それを僕なりにどう料理するかでずっと悩んでいたのです。現実感の薄い夏祭り、森の中にひっそりと立つ鳥居と蛍の光のような狐火など、最後までどうしようか悩んだのですが、狐といえば僕の中で"狐の嫁入リ"と伏見稲荷のイメージが強かったので、これらをミックスした背景に仕上げました。
もちろん絵の千本鳥居は伏見稲荷ではなく、異界に通じる"門"として描いています。狐面の少女の後ろには狐の嫁入りの行列…狐の面を取って無言で振り返る少女は「これ以上ついて来ると帰れなくなるよ」と眼で警告しているかのようです。光る目でこちらを見ている狐面の方はこつちへおいでと誘っているようですが♪
I am delighted to have been invited to take part in both the first and now the second Eshi 100 Exhibitions! The theme this year is ‘The Four Seasons of Japan’ and I found it difficult to make up my mind what to draw (-_-;). However, all the time I was thinking about it I had an image in the back of my mind of a fox mask, yukata kimono (summer festivals) and foxfire. The problem was how to express these in my own way. A dreamlike festival... a torii shrine gateway standing in a forest, surrounded by foxfire resembling the light of fireflies... I could not make up my mind what to do, but my main images of foxes were the ‘foxes wedding procession’ and the Inari Shrine in Fushimi so in the end I decided to mix these two to create the background.
Naturally the 1,000 torii in the rear of the scene are not really those belonging to the Inari Shrine, they are the gateway to another world. We can see the foxes' wedding procession behind the girl... she has removed her mask and is looking back with a warning in her eye, as if to say, ‘if you come any further, you will be unable to return’. The fox mask with the shining eyes is looking our way as if inviting us into its world. |
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中央東口
Chuuou Higashiguchi
スプリング!
Spring!
四季というテ一マで、昔から一度やってみたかったテ一マがあります。新緑萌えいずる春の若々しく、外的圧力に弱さを持つ印象、それを急速な成長で埋め合わせていくパワー。部屋の外に毎春見えるそんな光景が印象に強く、春という季節は自分にとって黄色がかった葉の色のイメージです。
そんなわけで、冬から開放され弾けた瞬間を絵にしてみたい、と。おかげでかなリ健康的過ぎる絵になりました。なってしまいました……。
良いですよね若さの力。いやどんな形にへし折ってくれようかとかそういうのじゃなくて。葉を透かして見える陽光の所為もありますけど、眩しくて目を閉じてしまいます的なそんな感じ。
The theme for this exhibition is the four seasons and there is a subject that I had wanted to draw for a long time. That is the feeling of youth, of fresh greenery budding in spring, an impression of weakness to external pressure but with the power of rapid growth to overcome it. This is how I feel every spring when I look at the view outside my room; for me, the spring season is summed up by an image of pale new leaves.
That is why I wanted to draw a picture of this moment of release from the restraint of winter but as a result, the picture looks rather too wholesome. It just turned out that way...
Isn't the power of youth great? I do not mean for the way in which it can be forced into any shape you like. It may be the fault of the sunlight shining through leaves, but it feels so bright that I am forced to close my eyes. |
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たにはらなつき
Natsuki Tanihara
駆けだす季節
Kakedasu kisetsu (A Season to Run)
新しい1年の始まりは1月からですが、4月もまた新学期や新学年、新しい中学校や高校等の学校生活の始まりということで、希望や夢に満ちあふれた季節だと思います。『日本の四季』というテ一マを頂いた時に、そんな明るく未来を感じられる光景を描きたいと思い、描き始めました。桜のピンクと春の水色の空に、真っ赤なランドセルのコン卜ラス卜がとてもお気に入りです。見て下さった方が明るい気持ちになって「可愛いな」と思ってくだされば嬉しいなと思います。
The new year begins in January, but April marks the beginning of a new term or a new school year; it is the time when a new school life begins at junior or senior high school, and therefore I think of it as being a season filled with hope and dreams. When I was given ‘The Four Seasons of Japan’ as a subject, I wanted to depict a scene that would make people think of this kind of bright future and so I started to draw this. I particularly like the contrast between the pink of the cherry blossom, the blue of the spring skies and the red of the satchel.丨 will be very happy if the people who see this are put in a bright mood and think, ‘how cute’. |
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高野音彦
Otohiko Takano
はるになるよ
Haru ni naru yo (It Will Soon be Spring)
省エネ気取りでもないのだけれど、ここ2年ほどなんとなく夏も冬も空調を使わないことにしている。現代は季節感が薄れているだとか言うけれど、大概それは「薄れさせている」だけのことで、実際夏はきっちり暑いし冬の朝なんかはしびれるほど寒い。こんな暑さや寒さに憤慨するのはとても楽しくて、みすみすその機会を失うのは少し勿体がない。
季節の過ぎる様子は列車の窓から眺める景色のようなものだ。不意に現れた絶景をもうしばらく見ていたいと思ってもお構いなしに列車は走り続けてトンネルの中にだって入ってしまう。そうして乗客は車窓をぼんやりと眺め続ける。
四季の美しさの本質はそれが曰々移リゆくことにあるのだと思う。季節の変わり目は特におもしろい。さて願わくば、毎日の微かな移リ変わリを用心深く眺め続けるだけのちよつとした余裕がいつもありますように。
I am not pretending to be energy conscious, but for the last couple of years I have not used the air conditioning in either summer or winter. People say that recently they don’t really feel the seasons, but this is simply because they 'prevent themselves from feeling them’. In actual fact, summer is still extremely hot and winter mornings are cold enough to make you numb. It is very enjoyable to feel indignant about this heat or cold and it seems a waste to lose this opportunity.
The passing of the seasons is like scenery that is watched through the window of a train. There may be a sight you would like to look at more closely but the train will carry on regardless, maybe even to enter a tunnel. When that happens, the passengers still remain gazing blankly out of the window.
I believe that the true essence of the beauty of the four seasons lies in the way that they pass daily, never halting. It is when they actually change from one to the next, that is most interesting. If I had the choice I would like to have the time to watch these minute daily changes a little more closely. |
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タアモ
Taamo
京都と舞妓さん
Kyoto to Maikosan (Kyoto and Apprentice Geisha)
日本の四季というと紅葉がまず浮かびましたので紅葉にしてみました。
When I think of Japanese seasons, the first thing that comes to mind the autumn leaves so that is what I used. |
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瀬之本久史
Hisashi Senomoto
別離•出立•举の雪
Betsuri - Shuttatsu - Hana no yuki (Parting - Setting Out - Petals Falling Like Snow)
春は色んな人達が分岐点に立つ季節として大好きです。様々な場所で大なリ小なリドラマが生まれる時期だと感じているからです。今回のイラストは、1人の女の子がちっちゃい体のありったけの勇気を出して旅立つ様を描きました。背景は熊本人吉の大畑駅をモチーフにしました。実母が就職当時、宮崎から熊本へ半日蒸気機関車で揺られながら移動した際に立ち寄った駅で、桜の木が印象深かったと話していました。
I love spring, as it is the season that stands at a turning point in the lives of various people. I feel it is a time when dramas, large and small, occur in all kinds of places. In this year’s illustration I have portrayed a girl who has summoned up all the courage she possesses in her tiny body to set off on a trip. For the background I have used ‘Okoba’ station in Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture. When my mother left home to get a job, she traveled by steam train for half a day from Miyazaki to Kumamoto and this was the station where she paused for a rest. She says that the cherry blossom there made a strong impression on her. |
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