Analysis of a Work: Togocho Fields
A farmer set up a blue tarp to block out some of the undergrowth I would like to give a little depth into the story behind some of my works. I would like to start with a drawing I completed over the Japanese new year holiday. This drawing is from January 2020 that measures around 18x20 inches. It is pastel on Frabriano Tiziano paper. A typical osechi feast Every year, in a massive exodus, Japanese people return to their hometowns. This holiday is the Japanese new year. People get stuck in hours of traffic, attempt to board sold out trains, and even hitchhike to reach their towns and villages far and wide. The holiday reaches its' zenith over the famed new year's meal of osechi . Osechi is a delectable spread of various small dishes that are precooked and everyone can sort of pick at over time. Lots of Japanese rice wine is drunk and general merriment is had. The holiday also allows for friends that have spread out across Japan and the world to come back and meet e...