TAKESHI
YAMAGATA
Japanese Moss Artist.
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[Oirase Keiryu Hotel] 10th anniversary of walking with moss!
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hoshino Resort Oirase Keiryu Hotel, the only resort hotel built on the banks of the Oirase mountain stream, the hotel invited an artist-in-residence to create an 8.5m wide and 2m high giant "Oirase Moss Art Wall" in the hotel's public area "Keiryu-BASE", The artist stayed at the hotel as a moss artist-in-residence and created art based on inspiration from the natural beauty of the Oirase Keiryu.
Profile
Moss Artist
Moss Art Association, Inc. Representative Director
Takashi Yamagata
Based in Kita Ibaraki city, Ibaragi prefecture, Takeshi Yamagata has been sending the charm of moss art to all over the world.
His turning point came in his high school unexpectedly. It was the very moment he overwhelmed and impressed by the spectacle of Japanese garden covered with moss as long as the eye can see in Saihoji temple in Kyoto. His impression has not faded even now after 35 years as once in his life’s unforgettable experience. Therefore, he bought sukiya style of house: Japanese traditional architecture style and made moss garden in order to create moss art. Since then, his creative talent bloomed as a moss artist.
He invited Jamie Comeau of space and a woodwork artist from Canada at the end of 2019, and completed an art atelier by using full use of scrap wood which made visitors feel like being in real woods, and this unique space attracted much attention from visitors as interactive art. Visitors got surprised and amazed by this new style of art, thus his many works have been highly evaluated all over the world.
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