 |
| name
: Nishioka
Taishin |
| birthday
: 1949 |
| birth
place : Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture |
| awards
: |
| 2003 |
The 16th Fukuoka
City Urban Scenery Award |
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A tree would
not utter a word even when carved or burned. When I gaze into trees
laying in my workshop in the middle of the night, those trees that
have lived through many ages begin to tell something, radiating
a gentle energy. And when I touch them lightly, it feels they are
gently pulsating. It is the power of the heavens and the earth.
A woodcutter taking a nap at the trunk of a large tree seems as
if he is held in arms. Like a pair of hands, the energy wraps everything.
I have worked with trees for 17 years. (30 years by now) Recently,
I became finally able to talk with trees. A tree also needs love
from the user. I would like you to touch it time to time and receive
its energy. I want to continue making things out of which the individuality
of each tree shines, things that can heal our whole body, taking
a long time, talking with the tree.
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1993 Auntum,
Nishioka Taishin |
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exhibition data:
| From high school days, he regularly
visits a temple of the Soto sect to practice meditation. He goes
on to a Buddhist university but spends most of his time contemplating
the meaning of life. He enters priesthood at a temple of the
Rinzai sect at the age of 20 and obtains the name "Taishin". |
| 1969 |
Sets out on a journey in the U.S. and Canada. |
| 1976 |
1976 Decides to become a craftsman in wood and
trains in Saitama, Yamaguchi, and Fukuoka Prefectures. |
| 1983 |
Sets up "Taishin Workshop" in Kasahara,
Kurogimachi, Yame County, which is continued up to the present. |
| 2003 |
Supplies a complete set of furniture for the interior
space of Fukuoka Akarenga Culture Center at the occasion of its
establishment under the supervision of Fujiwara Keiyo. Receives
the 16th Fukuoka City Urban Scenery Award. |
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