My newest book, 2nd volume about autumn and winter for wildflowers in Japan,has been released last week.

if somebody asked me  how  I feel in my mind while I work for painting pictures,

I would answer, I feel like to pray…

The Japanese empress Michiko, said ‘ The imperial family in Japan should be ‘prayer’.’

The ‘pray’  for Nature or worship to Nature is  basis of Japanese mentality.  Maybe I just  have the feeling naturally.

It is not the pray based on the written doctrine. if I have to explain it by words, I would say,

it is something like a desire to be united within nature…