Updated: 2023.6.16
The artist came to realize how the traditional culture of Okinawa, his homeland, has been isolated from its origins by the political pressures exerted by the Japanese and American Military. He projected the issue onto the pattern of Okinawan traditional Bingata Kimono.
Yuken redesigned the patterns, which still follow traditional structures. You see the U.S. jet fighter and V-22 Osprey flying through the colorful clouds, and paratroopers float among the domestic Okinawan butterflies.
There are representations of different seasons on the same plate on a Bingata kimono. This multi-dimensional expression makes it possible for several layers of stories to exist together. Since Okinawa has a long history of occupation, its culture is a mix of its traditional culture and two foreign (Japan & USA) cultures. Yuken believes that the aesthetics of Bingata is a mirror of Okinawan history itself.
Yuken Teruya（18 June 1973-）
contemporary artist based in Berlin and New York
1996 Graduated from Tama Art University
2001 School of Visual Arts Master's Degree
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Updated: 2023.6. 8
In 1972, the Kumiodori was designated a National Important Intangible Cultural Property as one of Japan's superior performing arts. And in 2010 it was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and valued highly worldwide.
The Kumiodori is a musical theater composed of words, music and dance. The Kumiodori was created by Tamagusuku Chokun who was appointed Odoribugyo, a dance magistrate, in the early 18th century in order to entertain Chinese envoys called Sapposhi sent by the Chinese Emperor to crown the new king of the Ryukyu Kingdom. NidoTekiuchi and ShushinKaneiri were first played at the King Sho Kei's enthronement ceremony in 1719.
Chokun created the Kumiodori based on Okinawa's indigenous performing arts and fables with inspiration from performing arts in mainland Japan (Noh and Kabuki) and Chinese theater. Mekarushi, Onnamonogurui and Kokonomaki together with the above mentioned two works are called "Chokun's five masterpieces" and they are works with a high degree of perfection still popular to this day.
In 1972 Kumiodori was registered as one of the nation's Important Intangible Cultural Properties. It has continued to gain widespread attention since being registered by UNESCO in 2010 as an Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Music in Kumiodori are played with songs and five instruments; the Sanshin, Koto, Flute, Kokyu and Drum. The musicians are called Jiutai; they play the music and sound effects as well as express feelings of the characters and the scenes by the songs.
One of the features of songs and Sanshin in Kumiodori is that they are often sung and played without introduction.
A piece of work about a woman who fell in love with a beautiful boy, Nakagusuku Wakamatsu, became obsessed with him and turned into a demoness, and was then quelled by Buddhist miracle power.
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