Overview
Decoration and tea ceremony produced for the rooftop garden of Osaka Station City, a commercial building directly connected to Osaka Station.
The theme is “Mid-Autumn Moon.
Visitors can learn about the passage of time, love the seasons, and ponder over the waxing and waning of the moon. Since the moon is not visible from the building, the natural dyeing and weaving artist Akihiko Izukura used cocoons of cocoons as the moon to recreate the original landscape of Japan in the past. At the tea ceremony, we offered a cup of tea with the buildings in the city as a borrowed scenery to experience the long autumn nights.
Credit
Planning/Production: Mucha-Kucha
Decoration Direction: Ryota Hagiwara (Ikebana Artist)
Space decoration: Tomoaki Imazu (Ikebana Artist, Gardener) / Kazuki Fujimoto (Cinematographer)
Mayudama production: Akihiko Izukura (Dyeing artist)
Mayudama works provided by Remnant & Co.
Tea Ceremony: Fukutaro Nakayama (Tea Master)
Artist
Ikebana ArtistRyota Hagiwara［ Kaizen ]
In 2016, he started his career as a flower arranger (pen name; Kaisen). He believes that “to arrange flowers is to mourn them”, and while searching for the meaning of this concept, he aspires to create flower arrangements that please the flowers themselves and remain in people’s memories. He has created powerful works full of life force and dynamic live performances at temples, shrines, and other places throughout Japan. While traveling around Japan and abroad, he continues to create works that “make the land happy” by mixing the people, nature, and culture of the land. In 2021, he will open an alternative space in Ryogoku, Tokyo, called “Hanayorozu Kaizen”, where he will collaborate with artists from various genres to create unique works and events. In 2021, he will open an alternative space “Hanayorozu Kaizen” in Ryogoku, Tokyo, where he will continue to pursue his original “flower arrangement” in various ways, including the creation of works and events in collaboration with artists of various genres.