Asakusa Honnenji
Yuki-Sumi, Atrium Gallery, March 1997. Yuki-Sumi -snow and coal. The Kou-kyu, the former Edo Castle, now the sight of the Imperial palace, is the center of the nation.  It is the center of the town. But if you walk around it and look at it from all sides there seems to be nothing inside.  It was called the empty space at the center of Japan.  But that was a time when empty space meant something. Now the Kou-kyu is surrounded by an ever bigger commotion.  This  cement beast is poised to attack this last empty space of green. 

Hanayashiki (above)

Yoshiwara dyptic (right)
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