artwork

"Four Seasons of Flowers and Birds Screen"

Itabashi Art Museum
Kano Masanobu, 7th Head of the Kobikicho Kano School, Part of a folding screen depicting flowers and birds in the four seasons

This is a glass color etching based on the work of Kano Korenobu, the seventh generation painter of the Kano school.

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W2800 x H1000mm Steel

This piece was created by cutting out a single plate, inspired by J.S. Bach's "Italian Concerto in F Major BWV971 No. 1."

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Framed (frame W4000mm) Wood (wood frame)

The Thuringian Forest, located in the state of Thuringia in central Germany where J.S. Bach was born and raised, is a richly forested low mountain range that stretches for a total length of approximately 150 km and a total width of approximately 35 km.
An artwork that pays homage to the life of J.S. Bach, the "Father of Music" who lived in harmony with the Thuringian Forest.

"Yoshino Cherry Blossoms and Golden Pheasant"

Satoshi Nagai
W1550 x H900mm (artwork) Foil, pigment

This Japanese painting by a contemporary artist was inspired by the double cherry blossoms in Tsunenobu Kano's "Yoshinozu byobu," a screen depicting famous cherry blossom spots. With gorgeous cherry blossoms and golden pheasants as the main focus, rivers and mountains peek out from between the gold-leaf clouds, creating a landscape with depth.

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J.S. Bach was known to be a coffee lover. This work is a collage of the small comic opera "Coffee Cantata" (BWV211) composed during his time in Leipzig, the "Twin Merman Coffee House" which became a famous landmark in the city, and churches in Leipzig. The gold lines connect the era of Bach and the present.

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Yuta Niwa
W1800 x H1000mm

This Japanese painting is based on the composition of "Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons" by Kano Motonobu, a Muromachi period painter and second generation master of the Kano school, and was painted by a contemporary artist in the style of the Kano school. The motif is the contrast between white and black, with a white heron, known in the Kojiki as a "messenger of the gods," and a black catfish, a symbol of natural disasters. At the bottom, the flower and bird painting is depicted with a mountain azalea, a flower in Chuo Ward. The giant catfish, which has lived in Japan since ancient times, awakens from its slumber, and the white heron appears to be sounding a warning against ideas coming from the West. "I painted this with the image of Tokyo when it was still in nature," says the artist.

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Yutaro Kijima
Glass relief

Glass art expressing the spread of music and sound. The glass artist explains that spatial design is "initiated by a story or delusion, and even if the final product has a shape, it is merely a medium for creating a relationship with the subject and an atmosphere."

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The Thuringian Forest in Thuringia, located in the central part of Germany where J.S. Bach was born and raised, is a richly forested low mountain range with a total length of about 150 km and a total width of about 35 km. Mirror art expressing the forests and lakes of Thuringia.

prelude

W1230 x D150 x H660mm Metal perspectives

Artworks representing the seven regions where J.S. Bach lived can be seen in the elevator halls on each floor. This piece on the reception floor represents the "beginning of your journey" at Hotel GrandBach Tokyo Ginza.

Intonation ~Lüneburg-Eisenach~

W890 x D130 x H630mm Painted steel

It is inspired by one of Bach's greatest organ masterpieces, the bold Fantaisie and Fugue in G minor.

Connection ~Arnstadt~

W1100 x D60 x H560mm Metal perspectives

The design is inspired by the Thuringian Forest, located in the ancient city of Arnstadt in central Germany.

Blue Festival ~Lübeck~

W1120 x D80 x H610mm Painted steel

It is inspired by a journey to the Baltic Sea and the World Heritage city of Lübeck in Northern Germany.

Hollow ~Muhlhausen~

W870 x D70 x H770mm Painted steel

It is inspired by the church cantatas of Mühlhausen, the city where Bach served as organist for a year.

Spoke - Weimar -

W1500 x D50 x H800mm Metal perspectives

Bach was employed as an organist at the Weimar court and composed many organ pieces here. This piece is inspired by the flow of sound from that organ.

Viewpoint - Köthen

W11300 x D50 x H700mm Metal perspectives

It is inspired by Brandenburg Concerto No. 32, a representative piece from Bach's time in Köthen, from the age of 38 to 5, and the nature of Köthen.

Lattice ~Leipzig~

W1520 x D90 x H530mm Hand-painted cold roll steel

This piece is inspired by the "Air on the G String" arrangement of BWV1068, composed during his time in Leipzig. The G string refers to the lowest of the four strings on a violin, and the piece is called "Air on the G String" because it can be played using only the G string.