On Sunday, November 23rd, four students from Yasuhide Kunimoto's laboratory, who are majoring in painting in Department of Fine Arts and Media Sciences in Faculty of Art and Design, were commissioned by the Fukuoka East Lions Club (Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City) to donate a collaborative work, "A work expressing the history and nature of Higashi Ward, 'Scenery of Higashi Ward woven with the people,'"to the Higashi Ward Office in Fukuoka City. The donated work is on display in the Himawari Square in Namiki Square (Higashi Ward, Fukuoka City).
This work depicts Tachibanayama, Kashii Shrine, Hakozaki Shrine, Shigaumi Shrine, and Island City in Higashi Ward as a single landscape painting. Each famous spot is positioned based on its actual geographical location, and flowers native to Higashi Ward, such as dianthus, sunflowers, and cosmos, are also included, making this a piece filled with the charm of history and nature.
Yui Urakawa (Kyushu Sangyo University Kyushu High School), a fourth-year student in the same department, said, "Higashi Ward is the town where I live, so I put my heart and soul into painting a beautiful picture. I hope it will be a work that will be loved by everyone who sees it." Higashi Yone (Kagoshima Tamaryu High School) said, "I was mainly in charge of the night view and flowers. I hope that people who see the picture will feel as if they are taking a pleasant walk through Higashi Ward." Wada Kotone (Chikuyo Gakuen High School) said, "I painted the sacred trees around each shrine that I saw when I visited the sites. It was a valuable opportunity for me to learn that Higashi Ward has many famous places."
At the unveiling ceremony held on the same day, Higashi Ward Mayor Shigeto Hirata said, "I hope that the people of Higashi Ward and the citizens of Fukuoka will enjoy this beautiful painting," andFukuoka East Lions Club Secretary Hideaki Shimada expressed his gratitude to the lab, saying, "We would like to thank the students for creating such a wonderful painting, despite the difficult times they are facing as they also have to work on their graduation projects."
Please stop by Namiki Square and see the works of students and the charm of Higashi Ward.
[Department of Fine Arts and Media Sciences, Industry-Academia Co-innovation and Research Promotion Headquarters]
