Mitate-Benten / 見立て弁天　#3/20

■About the work
I drew this with Benzaiten, the goddess of performing arts, as a tribute to Clip Studio, an application for digitally creating manga, illustrations, animations, and more.
In India, Benzaiten is the river goddess Sarasvati, who became the goddess of flowing things like river water, then the goddess of music and writing, then the goddess of performing arts. This was brought to Japan and became Benzaiten, but the various motifs originally representing Saraswati, such as water, lotus, peacock, and moon, were inherited by Benzaiten as they were, and there are even Benzaiten temples in ponds overgrown with lotus flowers, such as Shinobazu Pond in Ueno, Tokyo.
To show its connection to India, the headphones are decorated with yoga poses depicted in lacquer art.
In this painting, the pattern of the kimono is taken from the "Shidan-mado Five-stringed Biwa" treasure of the Shosoin Repository, and is superimposed on the painting of the biwa. The peacock feathers on the obi are taken from Uemura Manor, the flowing water in the background is taken from Sakai Hoitsu's "Summer and Autumn Grasses Screen," and by quoting designs from various eras such as modern headphones, the universality of art is expressed. The overlapping of the lines of the kimono and the hairpin was inspired by Utamaro.

■ Original Artwork Information
Materials: acrylic, gold leaf
Support / Support: canvas
Size: 128×227cm
Date / Production year: 2019

■ Product properties
Maximum number of production: 20
Serial number: 3 /20
Secondary content distribution: Permission
Editing: Allowed
Cut and Paste: Permitted Royalty Rate: 18%
Minimum royalty: 4,500 yen

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We are not selling original artwork or lithographs.