~ On the Celestial Equator of Spiritual/Pop ~

I am an artist and a priest of Shingon Buddhism.  I have been producing works with the concept of “Spiritual Pop” in mind.

In Buddhism is the word “Bonjofuri,” which means ordinary people and saints aren’t different.  I think that the world of ordinary people who are into the modern pop culture of chara and moé doesn’t conflict with the world of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas which is in the spiritual Pure Land.  Modern pop culture is given an accidental meeting with the unpopular spiritual cultures of Buddhist and eastern traditions, and they are presented as a contemporary art based on the equinoctial that is beyond their difference.

From this I would like to awaken the “Pure Land,” that is, “a pure and innocent heart” from the depth of people minds, which live between reality as Deathtopia, and virtual reality.