2025
Acrylic gouache, Canvas
112.0 × 145.5 cm

The kirin, with a high-pitched gallop, soars across past, present, and future. Every principle has its “beginning” and “end.” With each “end” invites a new, unknown “beginning.”
Now is the time—hold onto your convictions and rise skyward.

The winged kirin resides at Nihonbashi, the origin point of all roads in Japan. Its wings symbolize the wish to spread forth from here across the nation.
Nihonbashi has long been a crossroads where people, goods, and culture intersect from the Edo period to the present day. The elms and pines once marking distance along highways now adorn pillars, evoking travel and the passage of time.
As redevelopment opens up the skies above, the artist sees every end as a new beginning and imbues this work with the will to soar into the future with steadfast belief.