Tokyo Flower Carpet 2022
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Hanae Bunka Kyokai
- subsidy category
- Subsidies for large-scale cultural projects
- Grant Type
- single year
Grants for large-scale cultural projects in fiscal 2021
Business Overview
Using 50,000 carnations, we created 5 flower carpets along Gyoko Street with a total of 300 citizens. The ukiyo-e artist UTAGAWA Kunisada painted a series of kagami-e (mirror paintings) in the Edo period, which was revived by the flower artist FUJIKAWA Yasuhiko under general supervision. The size of 1 piece is 48 m2 (6 m x 8 m). The completion ceremony on the first day was attended by Her Imperial Highness Princess Nobuko Tomohito, who was appointed Honorary President, Chiyoda Ward Mayor Higuchi, Shimizu Shrine Governor of Kanda Myojin Shrine, Ambassador Andre of the Republic of Malta, Metropolitan Assembly member Chiyo Araki and Nobuko Irie, and a live performance of the theme song "Hana wa Sakimaretaru" by Takako Shirai was also held. On that day, many media came to cover the event, and it was introduced on many TV programs, including the Imperial Household Album and the Imperial Family. Partly because of this, the number of visitors during the 3 days was about 90,000.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Saturday, March 19, 2022 to Monday, March 21
- Venues
- Gyoko-dori Street (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo)
Profile
[Hanae Bunka Kyokai]
Yasuhiko Fujikawa
Flower painter
Representative Director of Hanae Bunka Kyokai
Born in Tokyo in 1961. He graduated from the Department of Drama, Faculty of Arts, Nihon University.
He is Japan's leading artist of "infiorata," a flower painting that depicts the earth with flower petals on canvas. He has created and produced works in more than 350 places in Japan and overseas. In recent years, he has been actively involved in the creation of 'Hana Kabuki' (flower kabuki) in which Kabuki-e (Kabuki pictures) are reproduced with flowers overseas.
In June 2015, the creation in Spain was closely covered by Mainichi Broadcasting System's "Passion Continent". On this occasion, he has appeared on TV, radio, newspaper, magazine, web, etc. He will also create works for VIPs such as the Pope and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.