Yoichi
2023
Screen print on Japanese paper
23 x 17in
The Tale of the Heike
In 1185, Minamoto no Yoshitsune of the Genji military family attacked the Heike military family and had the fierce Battle of Yashima Island. From this battle comes the well-known episode of the samurai Nasu no Yoichi who fires an arrow at a fan atop a pole held by a court lady on a Heike ship to predict who will win. My work signifies a contemporary version of this episode by firing a gun in our current unstable transition era.

Photo by Hiroyuki Mori

Photo by Hiroyuki Mori