Poetry & Picture

Many of my pictures were born when I met good poems. After starting my art career, I found this was vice versa. And I have worked with many poets.

The English titles are privately translated by Nao Inoue and not formal ones.

1986	Ayako Hori　「調香師の休日」　(Holidays of a Perfume Compounder) Cover
1987	Yuriika Suzuki　「海のバイオリンが聞こえる」　(I Can Hear the Violin of the Sea) Cover & pictures
1986~7	Poetry coterie magazines「ハリー」（Harry）　Covers
2005~6	Long-poetry coterie magazines「ヒポカンパス」（Hippocampus） Covers
2005	Shoichiro Aizawa「パルナッソスへの旅」（The Journey to Parnassus） Cover

Since March in 2005, I've participated in long-poetry coterie magazines 'HIPPOCAMPUS' with poets: Hiroko Okajima, Ruriko Mizuno and Shoichiro Aizawa, presenting the pictures of 'Drifting Fixed-stars series'.

I had created rather large works taking long period, but I tried to create a lot of works, rather small ones.

We held the exhibition 'HIPPOCAMPUS' at ASK? artspace kimura from Jan. 23 to Jan. 28 in 2006, where I exhibited the original 14 drawings of magazines as well as new 20 acrylic works on canvas. Three poets chose their favorite picture, and composed poems each and all. Toshiharu Osugi ( Cyber Poetry Magazine ) compiled them, and this collaboration was realized.

With your click, the poem appears in Japanese.


「国際女子マラソン観戦」	「人がいる」
Hiroko Okajima 岡島弘子	Hiroko Okajima 岡島弘子


「帰還するもの」	「灰と塵」	「古靴」
Ruriko Mizuno 水野るり子	Shoichiro Aizawa 相澤正一郎	Shoichiro Aizawa 相澤正一郎

The following are other works without poems in "HIPPOCAMPUS."

They were painted in 2005～2006 and all titled "Drifting Fixed Stars".