kyoto / 京都

Statement

The Heian-kyo Capital was built in the hope of overcoming disasters and epidemics, and to bring peace and tranquility to the city in the olden days. Modeled after Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, the temple was built in the "Land of the Four Divinities," incorporating Feng Shui and Yin-Yang Dao, the philosophies introduced from China at that time.
Sinse a long time ago Japan, there is a method of expression called "Rusumoyou" It is a method to help people understand the essence of a story or a part of a thing or a scene around it by indirectly expressing the scene.
Using the "Rusumoyou" to represent the "land of the four Divinities," the peace and tranquility wished for by the ancients was expressed as the peace and tranquility of the present day.

その昔、災害や疫病を克服し、平和と安寧を願い建設された平安京。唐の長安を手本にして、当時の中国から導入された思想である風水と陰陽道を取り入れて「四神相応の地」に造営された。
古来日本には「留守模様」という表現方法がある。物語や事物の一部やその周りの情景を間接的に表現する事により、事の本質を理解させる方法である。
「留守模様」を用いて「四神相応の地」を表し、古人の願った平和と安寧を現代の平和と安寧として表現した。