Japan Traffic Culture Association Chairman Award | [after the last train is gone the winter galaxy] |
ONISHI Yuna |
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Comment by HASEGAWA Kai : The last train has already gone, and dusk has come to the city. The daytime bustle is gone, and the nightlife too has cooled down. The Milky Way appears white in the winter night sky. At dawn, until the first train starts to move, this quietness lasts. Before the bustling daytime, the quiet night spreads itself. A haiku written by a fourteen-year-old junior high school student. | ||
First Place | [like a wobbling record this summer, the train] |
SHIMURA Noriaki |
Comment by HASEGAWA Kai : I assume that this is a large LP record. When I play a record, it sometimes wobbles slightly. The sound of a train—gatan-goton—is similar to this, but here the author suggests that the summer is also rippling. The abruptness is a surprise and joy. The scenery passing outside the windows also plays its rhythm. The comma is used very effectively here. | ||
Second Place | [at the window a ladybug, too, is on a trip] |
YOSHIDA Junichi |
Third Place | [the summer sky shaking with the sound gatan-goton] |
KATAYAMA Jinichiro |
[traveling alone under another country’s sky summer festival] |
MAEDA Shigeaki | |
[my train lurches to the station where grandmother waits this summer] |
KOGA Yumiko | |
Winner | [getting off at the station I trudge along an autumn beach] |
KAJI Masayuki |
[map in hand that summer in my youth the trip north] |
OKADA Kiyoshi | |
[carp streamers the train slowly pulling away] |
NAKATANI Hitomi | |
[left behind in that town my summer hat] |
Ai | |
[on being asked the way I too am a traveler midsummer sky] |
NAITO Yasuyuki | |
[summer train wearing the wind from the Pacific Ocean] |
HORI Taku | |
[when it stops slowly in my hometown a columns of clouds] |
TAKAHASHI Marie | |
[Tokyo Station starts to pulse summer morning] |
YABUKI Hiromi | |
[when I get off I become a boy a station in summer] |
KATO Chu | |
[this train takes just five minutes to reach the early-summer sea] |
MASUDA Toshiaki |
Japanese Painting
Western Painting
Drawing
Calligraphy
(Titles are omitted. By section, Japanese syllabary order. As of October 2020)
In 2020, 25 leading Japanese artists of painting and calligraphy belong to SAKURYOKAI, a group formed by our association, displayed their works at the venue. 13 artists exhibited their work in Japanese painting, including Mr. KAWASAKI Suzuhiko, 9 artists in Western painting, including Mr. NOMIYAMA Gyoji, and Mr. ISHIGE Keido and Mr. TAKAKI Seiu both in calligraphy, and Ms. AOKI Noe in drawing. We regret to inform you that Mr. FUKUMOTO Tatsuo passed away in February 2021 after the exhibition of 2020. We would like to express our sincere condolences to his family and friends.
This section presented our initiatives to create a richer environment by installing artworks in public places such as railways stations and airports. In 2020, a stained glass work “Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms” based on the original drawing by manga artist KOUNO Fumiyo, have been installed at Hondori Station on the Hiroshima Rapid Transit Astramline, Hiroshima City, and “Splendors of Sado” at Sado Kisen Niigata Port Bandaijima terminal, Niigata City, a Metal and ceramic relief work based on an original painting and produced by the artist MIYATA Ryohei. These were presented on panels. Also, this year, we presented the production process of public art, as well as a proposal for the drastic reform of the policy of culture and art. This proposal titled “Now is the time to realize ‘1% for Art’ in the midst of the Corona disaster” was handed over to the government officials and politicians in May 2020.
Ceramic works with various motifs made of clay
OHKOJIMA Maki deepens her reflection on the earth’s environment and on humans, nature, and the universe by using the expressive medium of art. Having started her career with painting, she has expanded the breadth of materials she employs—in proportion, it would seem, to the deepening of her thoughts—to include paper, fabric, wood, soil, and also ceramics. She is a rising young talent who won the 29th International TAKIFUJI Art Award in 2008.
OHKOJIMA Maki Biography
Born in Tokyo in 1987. Entered Joshibi University of Art and Design in 2005, won the 29th International TAKIFUJI Art Award in 2008, and received a master of arts degree from the Joshibi University of Art and Design in 2011. Participated in the Tara marine research expedition in 2017. In addition to presenting the solo exhibition Eye of Whale at the Aquarium de Paris in France, has dedicated a ceiling painting at Minamizawa Hikawa Shrine and produced the drawings of 88 constellations for the Tamarokuto Science Center Planetarium. Her numerous honors include the 2009 Tokyo Wonder Wall Award, the 2011 Ichiro Fukuzawa Prize, the 2014 Terrada Art Award, and the 2014 VOCA Encouragement Prize.
Organized by | Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, Japan Traffic Culture Association![]() |
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Venue/Date | Venue: JR Ueno station Central Exit, Grand Concourse, Special Exhibition Site Date: October 21 (Wed.) – October 26 (Mon.), 2020 |
Juries – Photography Section | SHIMIZU Tetsuro (Photographer / Member of Japan Professional Photographers Society) / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan Tourism Agency, Regional Development Department, Director General / Ministry of Environment, Director of Global Environment Bureau / East Japan Railway Company, Managing Director/ Japan Travel and Tourism Association, President & CEO / Kotsu Newspapers, Managing Editor |
Jury – Haiku Section | HASEGAWA Kai (Haiku Poet) |
Supported by | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism / Ministry of the Environment / Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency / The Association of Japanese Private Railways / Hokkaido Railway Company / East Japan Railway Company / Central Japan Railway Company / West Japan Railway Company / Shikoku Railway Company / Kyushu Railway Company / Japan Freight Railway Company / Railway Information Systems Co.,Ltd. / Railway Technical Research Institute / Japan Travel and Tourism Association / National Governors’ Association / Japan Association of City Mayors / National Association of Towns & Villages |
Poster |
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