Japanese Artisan
Artisan NAME
【日本語】
私の作品は、現前の光を極限まで抽出する「儀式」から生まれる。
無電源の完全機械式中判カメラと、真鍮と分厚いガラスの塊である1970年代のレンズ『Barathrum（奈落）』を祭具とし、モニターの発光を「墨」とする。シャッターを切り、ミラーが跳ね上がりファインダーが漆黒に沈むその瞬間——外界から完全に遮断された絶対的な暗闇（奈落）の中で、取り消し不可能な光の軌跡（一筆撮り）がフィルムに刻まれる。異なる画像を重ねず、デジタル合成を一切拒絶する。その根底には「字は体を表す」——文字は書き手の魂と肉体の状態をそのまま露わにする——という書道の理念がある。故に、定着したイメージは現実世界の模倣ではなく、創造の瞬間の、私の肉体と精神の生々しい化石（視覚的ディストーション）なのだ。AIによる安易な生成と、撮影行為の使い捨て化が氾濫する時代への、これが私の冷徹なアンチテーゼである。真の創造はアルゴリズムからは生まれ得ない。それは、原理原則への深い理解に裏打ちされた『手業（てわざ）』の極致であり、苦悩（Angore）と強靭さを内包した人間の肉体という『器』を通してのみ世界に刻印されるという、物理的ファクトの証明なのだ。【English】
My work is born from a ritual of extracting light to its absolute limit.
Using a fully mechanical, non-electric medium format camera and the 1970s lens "Barathrum" (The Abyss)—a massive block of brass and glass—as my sacred instruments, I treat the light from a monitor as my ink (Sumi). The moment the shutter is released, the mirror flips up and the viewfinder plunges into pitch black. In this absolute darkness, completely severed from the outside world, an irrevocable trace of light (a "one-stroke" performance) is physically inscribed onto the film.I completely reject multiple exposures and digital synthesis. Underlying this is the calligraphy principle "Ji wa Tai o Arawasu"—the written character reveals the exact state of the writer's soul and body. Thus, the fixed image is not a depiction of the real world, but a visual distortion; a raw fossil of my body and spirit at the exact moment of creation.In an era flooded with effortless AI generation and disposable acts of photography, this is my cold antithesis. True creation cannot arise from algorithms. It is the absolute embodiment of 'Tewaza' (masterful handcraft) grounded in fundamental principles—a physical fact that art can only be imprinted on the world through the ultimate creative instrument: the human body, containing all its Angore (struggle) and resilience.
BIOGRAPHY
8年間（53,000時間）にわたり肖像写真館で写真技術の基礎を習得。その後『2010年』、精神的な苦悩をきっかけに自己表現の探求を開始。他者の作品に一切関心を持つことなく、ただ一人黙々と自らの内面世界のみと向き合い、15年の歳月を経て『光墨法』を確立。
2025年を『光墨法元年』と定め、その表現を世界に問い始める。BIOGRAPHY
After 8 years（53,000 hours） of mastering photography's fundamentals in a portrait studio, he began an exploration of self-expression in 2010, spurred by profound personal struggle. Working in solitude, holding no interest in the work of other artists and guided solely by his inner world, he perfected the Kōbokuhō method after a 15-year journey of development. He has designated 2025 as "Year One of Kōbokuhō," the year he begins to challenge the world with this expression.
ACHIEVEMENTS
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2025
- Non Pro Official Selection
「Copyright © 2025-2026 墨筆-BOKUHITSU. All Rights Reserved.」
「Copyright © 2025-2026 光墨法-Kōbokuhō. All Rights Reserved.」「Ex Angore Musica.」
TECHNICAL EVIDENCE: RAW NEGATIVE
"Chaos and Flow in a Single Breath, Swallowed by the Abyss."
Captured with Hasselblad 500C/M & "Barathrum" (Planar C 80mm F2.8 Silver T*).
"Hand-Processed / Self-Developed"
These frames serve as the visual proof of the "Light Ink Method" (Kōbokuhō).
Contrary to digital manipulation, these complex intersections of light are generated in a Single Physical Stroke on analog film.
No Layers. No AI. Pure Light Physics.『Barathrum』
Into the Absolute Zero.
From Discipline to Distortion.
『Barathrum』
From White Gloves to Black Gloves.
From Discipline to Distortion.