お一じ o-ji 梅雨花 Tsuyubana (Rainy Season Flowers) はじめまして、お一じと申します。 日本には四季があると言いますが実は五季なのでは？と思っています。「春の爽やかさ」「夏の暑さ」の間にどちらにも似つかない梅雨がある。大抵の人は「梅雨は嫌い」と言いますが僕は好きです。 今回、自分の中にある梅雨のジメリとしたイメージを描きだしてみました。「雨•テルテル少女•和傘•紫陽花•アマガエル•力タツムリ」 そして「少しだけ濡れて気持ち悪くなるくらいなら、全て濡れてしまおうと思いつぐ少女」 How do you do, my name is o-ji. People often talk of the four seasons of Japan, but I think that it should really be five seasons. In between ‘invigorating spring’ and ‘hot summer’ there comes the ‘rainy season’ that does not resemble either or them. Most people say that they hate the rainy season, but personally, I like it. For this exhibition I have tried to bring out my personal image of the dampness of the rainy season. ‘Rain, dolls hung up to wish for good weather, a Japanese umbrella, hydrangeas, a tree frog, a snail’, and ‘a young girl’ who thinks that if it is going to feel horrible to get a little wet, she might as well get soaked.’