title : soleil
size : 183cm x 79cm
year : 2010
Kami Festival
story and the prints art : by Rina Aoki in 2006
paper: made from reed and pulp by Rina
a page size : 12cm x 17cm each
total: twelve pages
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1) From the Washi-no-Sato Street walking for ten minutes..
2) there are many old houses built close to each other in a small valley.
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3) it's been 1,500 years since Kawa-kami Gozen, the paper goddess, taught people here how to make paper.
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4) Even now, making paper supports their living and adds some happy spice in their lives.
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5) First off, please take a look at their hands!
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6) The ladies might hide their hands for embarrasment, but
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7) everyone has the beautiful hands.
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8) Most of them have grown up as a son or a daughter of each paper studio.
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9) They've been coming all the way through their honorable paper lives.
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10) Today is Kami Festival held once in a year.
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11) Feeling grateful for every day life and wishing to make more beautiful paper in the, future.
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12) everyone prays and you may hear that during the time.
Music from Grateful Feelings
the prints art : by Rina Aoki in 2002
paper: made from bamboo and kozo by Rina
size : 60cm x 90cm each
background : In Bahktapur, Nepal, I heard some music
from temples every night. My Nepali friend explained to me that they prayed the music expressing their grateful feelings for each day.
