猿亀酔戯画
Playful Picture of the Drunken Monkey and Turtle
京友禅染職人 永澤翔子
Kyo-Yuzen Dyeing Artisan Shoko Nagasawa
日本画家 板垣夏樹
Japanese-style painter Natsuki Itagaki
昼でも夜でもない桃源郷のような幻想世界。猿は踊り、亀は謡い、出来たお酒に喜び酔いしれています。今回の作品は友禅職人である姉翔子が、背景と花を手描友禅染の技法で染め出し、その上に日本画家である妹夏樹が猿亀と酒を岩絵具で描き、共に金彩加工を施し完成させた一対の作品です。同じ環境で育ち、それぞれの道に進んだ2人ですが、こうしてコラボ作品を通してまた関わり、新たな見地が増えた喜びをここに残せたこと、作品を通して感じていただきたいです。
In a fantastical world like a paradise, suspended between day and night, a monkey dances and a turtle sings. They revel, joyfully intoxicated by freshly brewed sake.
This piece is a diptych created by two sisters. The elder, Shoko, a Yuzen artisan, dyed the background and flowers using hand-painted Yuzen techniques. On top of this, the younger sister, Natsuki, a Japanese painter, depicted the monkey, turtle, and sake using mineral pigments. The work was then completed with gold leaf accents applied by both.
Having grown up together before taking different paths, the sisters reconnected through this collaboration. We hope the viewer can feel their joy in gaining new perspectives and immortalizing that experience in this work.
猿亀酔戯画
Playful Picture of the Drunken Monkey and Turtle
永澤翔子
Shoko Nagasawa
卒業後単身京都に移住し、産業技術研究所の後継者育成研修、および多数の先生のもとで手描友禅染を学び2016年独立。
現在は友禅染の挿友禅工程（彩色）をメインに職人仕事をする傍ら、グループ展や販売会など作家活動も行っている。
Born in Tokyo, lives in Kyoto. Graduated from the Department of Crafts at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2011. After graduating, she moved to Kyoto and studied hand-painted Yuzen dyeing through a successor training program at the Industrial Research Institute and under numerous masters, becoming independent in 2016. Currently, while working as an artisan mainly focused on the “sashi-yuzen” (coloring) process, she also engages in artistic activities through group exhibitions and sales events.
板垣夏樹
Natsuki Itagaki
2018年第7回 大作公募展 Artist Group 風 入賞、2019年美の起原展 大賞受賞。
所蔵/郷さくら美術館、東京藝術大学
Painter. Born in Argentina in 1990 and raised in Tokyo from a young age. She majored in Japanese Painting (Nihonga) at Tokyo University of the Arts and is active as a painter after completing her graduate studies there. She exhibits her work in solo shows and art fairs in Japan and internationally, and also works on book cover designs. Using traditional Japanese painting materials, she depicts stories with a unique worldview. Awards include the Grand Prize at the 2019 “Bi no Kigen” Exhibition. Her work is held in the collections of the Sato Sakura Museum and Tokyo University of the Arts.