魔法の傘
ミスターもへじ
"Mr. Moheji," an acrylic painting by 魔法の傘, is based on a traditional children's game in which 7 hiragana (Japanese phonetic characters) -- へのへのもへじ (he no he no mo he ji) -- are used to draw a face. This is the oldest and best known 絵描き歌 (ekaki-uta = picture-drawing song) in Japan; see the preceding seven photos for more examples. In doing these picture-drawing songs, children sing a song or recite a verse while drawing each hiragana or line or shape as they say its name, finishing up with a simple picture.
Here the face is drawn as wisps of cloud or contrails in the sky, and Mt. Fuji becomes a white shirt draped with a dark suit jacket and tie. The result is a portrait of a ghostly サラリーマン (salaryman, i.e. office worker, company employee), who sheds a tear from his の eye as the Shinkansen bullet train zips past the foot of the mountain.
A clearer image of the painting "Mr. Moheji" is shown here:
ミスターもへじ
"Mr. Moheji," an acrylic painting by 魔法の傘, is based on a traditional children's game in which 7 hiragana (Japanese phonetic characters) -- へのへのもへじ (he no he no mo he ji) -- are used to draw a face. This is the oldest and best known 絵描き歌 (ekaki-uta = picture-drawing song) in Japan; see the preceding seven photos for more examples. In doing these picture-drawing songs, children sing a song or recite a verse while drawing each hiragana or line or shape as they say its name, finishing up with a simple picture.
Here the face is drawn as wisps of cloud or contrails in the sky, and Mt. Fuji becomes a white shirt draped with a dark suit jacket and tie. The result is a portrait of a ghostly サラリーマン (salaryman, i.e. office worker, company employee), who sheds a tear from his の eye as the Shinkansen bullet train zips past the foot of the mountain.
A clearer image of the painting "Mr. Moheji" is shown here: