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Japanese artist Katsuyuki Fujii used ink and color paintings to depict the footprints of his daughter Sayuri's life in Taiwan. He pointed out that the apartment in Dapinglin, New Taipei City in the painting is the community where his daughter lived in Taiwan.
(Photo by reporter Lin Cuiyi)
[Special Commissioner Lin Cuiyi in Japan/Tokyo Report] Japanese artist Katsuyuki Fujii used ink and color paintings to depict the footprints of his beloved daughter Sayuri's life in Taiwan. The Taiwan Cultural Center of the Ministry of Culture in Japan held an ink and color painting exhibition "Depicting Taiwan" for him today (14th) opening.
Fujii said that by chasing Sayuri's footsteps in Taiwan and drawing the local life and scenery with colored ink, he finally understood why his daughter loves Taiwan so much, and he and his wife also gained comfort and courage from it.
Fujii's ink and color paintings depicting Taiwan were exhibited in Taipei in 2018. The journey of a Japanese father chasing his daughter's life across the country also aroused widespread response. The adaptation of the film "A Family Journey of One Man" has also entered the preparation stage for filming.
This is the first time in Tokyo, and a total of 25 paintings related to scenery and figures from various parts of Taiwan are exhibited. Hsieh Chang-ting, the behind-the-scenes promoter and representative in Japan, said that he learned about Fujii's father and daughter when he was on a business trip to Fujii's hometown Niigata in 2020. The story, after meeting with Fujii, invited him to Tokyo to develop.
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Hsieh said that Fujii loves his daughter deeply, and because his daughter loves Taiwan, he also loves Taiwan.
Life is very short, but Fujii's love for his daughter and Taiwan, as a link between Taiwan and Japan's friendship, can be passed on longer and farther.
Japanese artist Katsuyuki Fujii (3rd from right) "Depicting Taiwan" ink color painting exhibition opened in Tokyo today. Congressman Makiko Kikuta (1st from left) and teacher Sayuri Fujii were invited to attend. Representative to Japan Hsieh Chang-ting (3rd from left) and Director of Taiwan Cultural Center Wang Shufang (right) 1) Give a bouquet of lilies to express our gratitude.
(Photo by reporter Lin Cuiyi)
In his opening speech today, Fujii said that yesterday happened to be his 40th wedding anniversary. This exhibition not only represents his respect and gratitude to Taiwan, but also a gift from his deceased daughter Sayuri to his parents.
In the future, I hope to continue my daughter's wish to become a bridge between Taiwan and Japan, and contribute to the friendship between Taiwan and Japan.
In today's opening ceremony, the Taiwan Cultural Center in Japan also invited Makiko Kikuta, a teacher from Sayuri University and a congressman elected by Niigata Prefecture, to the scene.
As it coincided with White Valentine's Day, Wang Shufang, director of the Taiwan Cultural Center, presented Fujii with a bouquet of lilies to express her gratitude.
Japanese artist Katsuyuki Fujii's "Depicting Taiwan" ink painting exhibition opened today at the Taiwan Cultural Center in Toranomon, Tokyo.
(Photo by reporter Lin Cuiyi)
Fujii's daughter, Sayuri, suffered from anxiety disorder at the age of 15. Although she received treatment, her condition was up and down. At the age of 25, with the encouragement of her mother, she went to Taiwan for the first time to visit friends and travel for relaxation. Falling in love with Taiwan, moved to Taipei in 2012, studied Chinese hard and became a teacher of Japanese cram school.
After living in Taiwan, Sayuri recovered from her anxiety disorder without any medicine, but the good times didn't last long. In 2013, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She returned to Japan for treatment in 2014. She died of illness in 2016, two years later, at the age of 32.
The untimely death of their daughter left the Fujii couple devastated. Later, with the encouragement of Sayuri’s friends in Taiwan, Fujii followed Sayuri’s diary and used travel guidebooks, and carried the backpack and scarf her daughter used during her lifetime to visit the girl she loves. Previous footprints in Taiwan.
Since 2017, Fujii has picked up the brush again, and talks to his daughter through depicting these footprints.
He felt that although his daughter lived in Taiwan for less than 2 years, it was the happiest period of her life.
One of Fujii's paintings depicts the "Narrow Gate" of an old Tainan coffee shop. He said that he found this coffee shop based on his daughter's notes. He chose the seat where his daughter might sit and ordered two people. In a corner of the store, he talked with his daughter in the soul. His weird behavior attracted attention. Later, when it was opened in Taipei, the owner of "Zhaimen" came from Tainan and North to visit. Now this painting has been hung in "Zhaimen" " in the store.
Katsuyuki Fujii's Mocai Stinky Tofu was the first snack he tasted when he visited Taiwan. At that time, he was scared by the smell and dared not eat it, but now he can't put it down.
(Photo by reporter Lin Cuiyi)
Another picture of "stinky tofu" is his first visit to Taiwan. His daughter ordered him a snack at the night market. Fujii said that the strong smell at that time made him take three steps back, but now he has been captured by stinky tofu. Walking past a stinky tofu shop, you will still take a few deep breaths of the smell. Fujii said that you will fall in love with stinky tofu after eating it about 5 or 6 times.
Fujii began to paint Taiwan in 2017, and visited Taiwan 4 or 5 times a year. At present, the cumulative number of paintings has reached more than 100. He said that he will continue to visit Taiwan in the future. He hopes to continue to follow in his daughter's footsteps and continue to paint.
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