With the motif of a dragon sculpture in the Sasano Kannon-do Hall in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture, I depicted two spirits interacting above the dragon's head. Belt that connects the two spirits is depicted with a mathematical formula called the "law of Titius-Bode". This is a law proposed in the 18th century that expresses the distance from the sun to each planet as a simple sequence of numbers. It is now regarded as a product of chance with no scientific basis, and I painted it as a symbol of human psychology that enjoys the invisible connections and coincidences of the world. The surrounding geometric figures are called "sum arithmetic", a figure used in the arithmetic system, used in Japan before the introduction of Western mathematics. In shrines and temples in Japan, you can often see "calculations" dedicated to this sum written on ema. It was dedicated to thank the gods and Buddha for solving the math problem and to pray for further study, and I painted it as a symbol of the joy of continuing to learn every day. There are 56 circles of figures in the painting, and I made it to commemorate the 55th anniversary of Gallery Hirota Fine Art with the meaning of moving towards a new future.
With the motif of a dragon sculpture in the Sasano Kannon-do Hall in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture, I depicted two spirits interacting above the dragon's head.
Belt that connects the two spirits is depicted with a mathematical formula called the "law of Titius-Bode".
This is a law proposed in the 18th century that expresses the distance from the sun to each planet as a simple sequence of numbers. It is now regarded as a product of chance with no scientific basis, and I painted it as a symbol of human psychology that enjoys the invisible connections and coincidences of the world.
The surrounding geometric figures are called "sum arithmetic", a figure used in the arithmetic system, used in Japan before the introduction of Western mathematics.
In shrines and temples in Japan, you can often see "calculations" dedicated to this sum written on ema.
It was dedicated to thank the gods and Buddha for solving the math problem and to pray for further study, and I painted it as a symbol of the joy of continuing to learn every day.
There are 56 circles of figures in the painting, and I made it to commemorate the 55th anniversary of Gallery Hirota Fine Art with the meaning of moving towards a new future.