Sarasvati / サラスヴァティ　#3/20

■About the work
When I was about 20 years old, I was studying the similarities between Indian mythology and Japanese mythology and folk tales, and I focused on the Indian goddess "Saraswati", who is the origin of the Japanese Benzaiten. This goddess was originally a river god, but it is said that she gradually changed from a god of flowing things like rivers to a god of music and writing to a god of performing arts. The biwa, peacock, moon, and lotus are symbols of this god, and the costume is based on old Buddhist statues, and the way she places her weight on one foot and takes a step forward follows the style of Buddhist statues called "wind movement expression". Each small panel on the left and right, which is conscious of the format of an altar painting, has a phrase painted on it. "Emperor Taizu's 24th great-grandson Jatakuken" is a phrase that satirizes authority by Soga Shohaku of the Edo period, who painted a blatant lie saying, "I am a descendant of the emperor of the people." "I will wait for someone to understand my paintings in a thousand years," is a phrase used by Ito Jakuchu, meaning that even if there is no one to understand my paintings today, they will appear in the distant future. The original canvas painting was started in 2011 and was once completed in a different form, but was repainted in its current form in 2017.

■ Original Artwork Information
Materials: acrylic, gold leaf
Support / Support: canvas
Size: 162×(45.5+97+45.5)cm
Date / Production year: 2017

■ Product properties
Maximum number of production: 20
Serial number: 3/20
Secondary content distribution: Permission
Royalty rate: 18%
Minimum royalty amount: 4500 yen
Editing: Allowed
Cut and paste: Allowed

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