There is a presentation of the book, "El Libro de Los Cinco Anillos", written by Musashi Miyamoto (宮本武蔵), one of the sword masters in the history in Japan. One of his well-known book is "Gorin no sho (五輪書/ The book of Five Rings)", which is a text on Heiho (兵法) and martial arts. Now, the new translation in Spanish is
One weekend I was invited to join a music session by Hui-Chun Lin who played wonderful sound for our last performance, UMU -Give Light - . It was the first time for me to perform with absolutely imprivised music, light and the camera work. Also I´d never done two hour session which I kept writing non-stop. I
Last Thursday, 9th of July, UMU – Give Light - was performed at Villa Kuriosum in Berlin. It was windy and a little chilly evening but fortunately it didn´t rain. The garden was rather wild and there were some fruit trees such as apples and figs. In the oven, there were handmade pizzas. It was a very nice atmosphere.
18th of June at Espacio Ronda in Madrid, our first kotonoha Odori (言の葉踊り/ dance of the leaves of words), UMU ~ DAR LA LUZ ~ was performed. Antonio Enzan Olías´s powerful Shakuhachi sounds gave our performance more depth. Makiko Sese´s Buto-like dance gave a strong impact on the audience and bring them into the Buddhist monk, Ippen´s ritual world. It was intense, especially
Early summer, I was asked the owner of Fellini Gallery in Berlin to write calligraphy on the part of their wall. This gallery encourages many young artists and give them opportunities to exhibit their works. I have done two performances here in the past including “Miminasho Hoichi” performed this April. It started with cleaning up
Sorry to keep you wait. Finally I´ve received the video from the Fellini Gallery´s opening night. First of all, I like to thank to all who came to see our performance.The place was packed and perhaps those who were standing at the back couldn´t see well. Even that, we received a lot of warm and
30th of November and the 1st of December, a Go tournament was held in Berlin. I was given an opportunity to make a calligraphy demonstration on these days. It was placed in Humboldt University. It was my first time to enter the university and was surprised by how modern the building was. The outside was old historical
On the 15th of November, there was an event, Japanishces Event at Fellini Gallery in Berlin. There was a little shop selling Urushi cups and bowls. They were beautiful. There was also Japanese catering. Smoke salmon Onigiri was delicious! For 5€ you can get this variety of tasty food. Yum! Preparation for the performance. A
The 15th of June, unlike the last year, it was a warm sunny day. All my works arrived at the club house where the Japanisches Sommerfest 2013 was held. This year, I was upstairs where more tables were. This is my table this year. My neighbour was a girl who sold Shibori hand
On the 15th of June, there will be der Japanisches Sommerfest (Japanese sommer festival) held in Berlin. Sosekido is invited this year too and will be performing. Please come and see me if you happen to be in Berlin. There will be Japanese dance performance, Go performance, Sumie performance, Ikebana demonstration and of course martial arts demonstrations. Hope it doesn´t
