FG#338
Japanese Minimal Painting 44-5

Acrylic on Canvas, Red rope
染縄、キャンバスにアクリル絵具
1240 mm diameter
2000 



日本のしきたりや伝統行事の中に“むすぶ”行為が多いのは、結び目に霊力があると信じられてきたからだという。

作品は「萬」という文字を描いた円形絵画にSM緊縛の“亀甲縛り”を施したものである。

日本の緊縛は、源平の時代に敵の武士を捕らえるのに用いたものが基礎となり、その後SM緊縛に継がれ、次第に美しいものへと極められていった。


(週刊金曜日2006年5月12日号より 連載「珈琲破壊」017)



IFG#338 Japanese Minimal Painting 44-5

There are a lot of actions of concluding in traditional events of Japan. Ancient people in Japan believed that there was a spiritual power to a knot.
In the time of Genpei period (circa 12c), Japanese rope binding technique was developed a common way to arrest and hold a samurai prisoner. In Tokugawa era (circa 17c-19c), it was used when a suspect was arrested as well as when a suspect was taken forcibly by the administration of official affairs.
In the early days of the Showa era, Ito and his pupil Minomura developed it into art form. By carefully binding the body of a woman, they created a feeling of tension and recorded as their paintings and photographs. Another person to experiment was Tsuyuki, who photographed bound woman and published his series in a magazine.
I refer these images into my series of works "Japanese Minimal Painting". Japanese way of SM rope binding is a part of Japanese traditional symbols.

(Reference: "Tight binding studies guide", Sanwa publication)

OKAMOTO MITSUHIRO
English translation: KIBUKAWA Ei (eitoeiko)