I have liked flipping through the pages of illustrated books since I was a small child. When I leaned that scholars a long time ago took painters with them on their research trips around the world, I immediately thought, “How wonderful if I could spend my days traveling around the world and drawing flowers and insects. This is the job I would love to devote myself to for life.” Unfortunately, cameras and computers have taken over the painter’s job nowadays. These tools capture an object much faster and more correctly that I draw it. However, do they capture the images that I see correctly? The camera has only one viewpoint, but human have two. Likewise, the camera lens is completely fixed, but not ours; human eyes tend to capture only what they want to see. Although the camera catches an instant moment, it requires a certain length of time for humans to see an object. This is my approach toward realism. Flowers and grasses by the roadside, vegetables and fruits on the table -- how beautiful and lively  they are! I display them on watercolor paper as if showing them in collection boxes. I love to share the beauty and the simple and quiet moments that impressed me through my work. 

Exhibition

CHOPSTICKS NEW YORK, Cover Artist Contest
"An Exhibition of the Final Contestants             "NYCoo Gallery     New York, USA    2008

NEWPORT FLOWER SHOW at Chisholm Gallery Booth                      Newport Mansion Rhode Island,    USA 2008

“SUSHI”- Solo Exhibition                                    CHIYODA NY Inc.    New York, USA    2007

Solo Exhibition                                                     Gallery HAKU    Osaka, Japan    1999, 2000, 2002

Publications

Book Illustration
WA NO KOYOMI (Pictured schedule book),          Kawara Shoten Publishing Inc., 2008
Picture Book for the Culture in Kyoto,           Tankosha Publishing, Inc., 2002
Chinese Character Dictionary,          Nihonkanjikentei Kyokai Publishing,Inc., 2001

Magazine & Newspaper Illustration
Southern Living / September issue 2006, Southernliving.Inc.
GM Grande maison /Fall, Winter issue 2007, Spring isse 2008 / Sekisui House Inc
Korean Consumer Daily / Kyocharo Newspaper, Kyocharo USA.LLC
Monthly Tanko / monthly periodical, Tankosha Publishing,Inc.
Kyo-fumingraph / monthly periodical, Kyotofu-kouhouka Inc.
Kyoto Convention Bureau / quarterly periodical, Kyoto Convention Bureau Inc.
La-kan / monthly periodical, Nihonkanjikentei Kyokai Publishing, Inc.

Clients
Matsusita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Sekisui House Inc.
Southern Progress Corporation
Kyocharo Newspaper, Kyocharo USA.LLC
Kawara Shoten Publishing Inc.
Tankosha Publishing,Inc.
Nihonkanjikentei Kyokai Publishing,Inc.
Kyoto-shimbun Co.,Ltd.
Ryoukoh Co.,Ltd.
Nakamuraya Co.,Ltd.
Kyotofu-kouhouka Inc.
Chiyoda NY Inc.
Il Zerbino
Livra Kitayama

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Art in Painting,      Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan      1997

Bachelor of Fine Art,      Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan      1995