Kind Naho in Tokyo sent me books that i have been asking for. One of them were BASARA, a catalog of an exhibition that took place at SPIRAL building in Aoyama last month. The exhibition as well as catalog was curated by a contemporary artist Tenmyouya Hisashi who i really admire. I have only read very first part of it, but i knew that this is the book I have been waiting for. It features very wide range of Japanese art and craft works from BC5000 till now. It focuses on very decorative and splendor art which were not historically perceived well as much as other typical Japanese art forms such as Zen, wabi, and sabi. Most of this art have been containing the spirit of rebellion against existing hierarchy, and the curator describes it as BASARA. The introduction part of the book says it is a declaration of war against japan's existing rigid views of culture, tradition and hierarchy. I was totally blown away by the introduction already. I am very encouraged by the book as well. I am super happy.
東京のなほちゃんが頼んでいた本を送ってきてくれた。その中の一冊はこの前青山のスパイラルで行われたBASARAと言う展覧会のカタログだった。この展覧会とカタログはコンテンポラリーアーティストの天明屋尚がキュレーションした物だ。僕は彼の作品が大好きだ。まだ最初の数ページしか読んでいないけれどもこれぞ待ち望んでいた本だ。紀元前5000年から現在までを禅や侘び寂び文化ほど日本の伝統文化として評価されてこなかった芸術や精神を婆娑羅と名付けてこの本は成り立っている。本のイントロダクション（宣戦布告）で天明屋尚はこう書いている。「婆娑羅を通じて硬直した日本の文化観、伝統観、ヒエラルキーに対して下克上を突きつける」。この最初の文章を読んでもうすでに僕はぶっ飛ばされた。同時にすごく励まされた。最高に嬉しい。

BASARA Tenmyouya Hisashi -Japanese art theory crossing borders: from Jomon pottery to decorative trucks-

Jōmon Pottery

Nikkō Tōshō-gū

Dekotora

Horiyoshi III

Ikeda Manabu

Tenmyouya Hisashi

I want to meet and talk with Tenmyouya Hisashi one day. Amazing. Super inspirational. Thank you very much.
天明屋尚という人にいつか会って話してみたい。ものすごく刺激を受けた。ありがとうございます。