Japan today is based on rapidly changing and advancing technology, as it is in America.   I have searched for subjects that can express Japanese sensibility and traditions which is an important part of our daily lives in Japan.  The subject
I chose to express is Japan of the past which may include an old house plan, signage from old Edo, beautiful Japanese brush script, and so on.  The images of Edo culture and music are expressed as I draw a Japanese umbrella, noren (shop curtain), or lyrics from an old Japanese song. 

 

Themes of Shinnaibusi are usually connected with stories based on affairs of the heart in the floating world, the invisible part of society in Japan. It was completely different from ordinary daily life. These stories were frowned upon in real life, are retold in song with the technique of Shinnaibushi. The songs turned these sordid affairs into stories of humanity that made listeners shed tears, and connected these characters who lived in a world unspoken by polite society to ordinary people.