Hello, my name is Saru.
On the 15th, after completing an errand at Kyobashi and walking along the back street, I saw people with red and white pamphlets. When I look around again, the red flag and the poster were everywhere. It says "Sukiyoro, the city of art Tokyo Art Antique". Kyobashi / Nihonbashi is an art city known to those who know it, and I remembered that the Tokyo Art Antique is held once a year as a local event where you can easily experience art. I was hesitant for a moment, with almost no connection with painting or antique, but as a correspondent, I went to an antique shop called "Yarai deka". There were old Jomon pottery and Sue pottery as vases, and I was surprised that there was such a way to use it. After that, about 10 stores saw exhibitions of cat paintings, ancient Orient art, Kitaoji Rosanjin exhibition, ceramics and pottery. Of course, there are items for sale, and there are special sales only during this period. Last but not least, "Maison Don Cat" featured paintings, old Dutch tiles, Kutani porcelain, etc. on the theme of living things, and gave me a polite explanation. Rieko Kawabata, the creator of Kutani porcelain's work and painter, came to hear the story. Kawabata's work is a wonderful composition with delicate lines and points, vivid colors and harmonious. It seems to draw on the basic form painted with glaze and baked, but I am surprised to draw such fine lines one by one with a brush. He seems to burn each color, and even small ones will spend a considerable amount of time to complete. On this day, I was able to go only a few of the nearly 90 participating stores, but I had a good time. I think there are many people who find it a little difficult to enter a gallery or an antique shop. As with me, I look around this time and think that the threshold has become much lower. 
(The photo is a work with Rieko Kawabata)
