Emakimono-Japanese traditional picture scroll


  • Photographer
    machiko toragai
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    AtelierTorako
  • Date of Photograph
    2020
  • Technical Info
    lx9 lumix Leica lens

Emakimono is one of the traditional Japanese expressions. I connected the world divided by COVID19 .I express a fantasy world that cannot be seen with the naked eye beyond time and place. This time, the world looks as if it was divided by COVID19, but we live on one earth and the sky and sea are always connected. Rather than worrying about what we lost, I express the Togenkyo (utopia) that is born from the heart that cherishes the nature that has been passed down from the past to the present.Now that we need to adapt to new lifestyles,I have created a spiritual entrance to a new everyday.

Story

Emakimono is one of the traditional Japanese expressions.
I connected the world divided by COVID-19 .
I express the Togenkyo(like utopia) that cannot be seen with the naked eye beyond time and place. This time, the world looks as if it was divided by COVID-19, but we live on one earth and the sky and sea are always connected. In order for us to live in a new world after COVID-19, I have created works that connect the world beyond the time and place "now and here".
Rather than worrying about what I lost, I express the Togenkyo that is born from the heart that cherishes the nature that has been passed down from the past to the present.

Togenkyo is a world inside your heart. Although it is invisible to the naked eye, It is already in our hearts.

I created it based on the beauty of the human heart and respect for nature, which was handed down in Japanese folk tales.

Now that I have to adapt to a new lifestyle, I have represented a spiritual entrance to the new everyday.


I think it is important to connect the world by your inner eyes.

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