I'll let you know the details regarding delivery rules due to new American tariffs ; Update on May 16 2026More than six months have passed since the last announcement from the U.S. government. Howe...

The joy of framing a piece of art you bought because you loved it and gazing at it every day is a sweet delight—truly "Life's Rich Pageant." As a printmaker myself, I own quite a few works that I l...

"What makes a truly good photograph?" I came across this question while reading a transcript of a conversation in an old literary magazine from about seventy years ago—a question posed by the photo...

For a period starting about six years ago, I became engrossed in growing plants in my backyard. That was right around the time of that dreadful pandemic. I wondered if I might be able to produce at...

Is photographic art truly art? In fact, this is a subject that has been debated for over 150 years. I stepped away from the world of traditional analog silver-halide photography and immersed myself...

Dear collectors,Among printmaking artists, there is a concept known as "Making Marks." That expression literally describes the process of using tools to create indentations in a metal plate. For me...

Gallery MIN – Himonya, Meguro, TokyoThere is a gallery that plays a crucial role when reflecting on the trends surrounding photography in 1980s Tokyo. It was a privately run gallery dedicated to ph...

"What makes a delicious cup of coffee?" My revered coffee roaster, Minoru Ooya, replied, "Coffee is a fruit. What's important is a cup that allows you to appreciate that fact." I only started ...

Photo Gallery International, Toranomon-Minato ku, TokyoThroughout my life of about 60 years, I have been fortunate enough to see many wonderful photographic works. Many of these were when I was in ...

Dear collectors,During the peak of the pandemic, the photography project I started at home was a project to photograph "bottles and glass products." Originally, I preferred shooting indoors or...

Ice, water, steam. Water changes its form with temperature, flows from high to low places, and makes up 90% of our bodies. The ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu (B.C 571~470?) said:　上善水の如し...

Thank you for always visiting my online shop. I'm embarrassed to report this several years after its establishment, but I kindly request that you complete your purchase using a laptop or deskt...

This black drink, native to the highlands of East Africa, had already swept the Middle East by the Middle Ages. It has always been a drink that uplifts people's spirits, and at times it has been vi...

Dear collectors,I once saw a drawing by Picasso of a flyer for a meeting of an underground organization opposing the Franco regime during the Spanish Civil War. It was a piece commissioned by an or...

This section explains works created using different types of paper, based on the same edition published on April 23rd and 28th.Dear collectors,Robert paper, with its smooth, slightly creamy te...

When I was a child, I stayed at an old relative's house. It was an old house in the countryside. When I woke up in the morning, I noticed that the garden scenery was projected onto the mud wall. Th...