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Nana Shimomura's solo exhibition, "Star Poems and Calligraphy," will be held from February 13 (Tue.) to 21 (Wed.), 2018. Based on the Chinese Tang Dynasty's "Houtian Song" (*1), a poem about the constellations, Shimomura writes poems as if tracing the stars in the night sky. The exhibition will feature approximately 20 works of calligraphy that focus on "writing" using the night sky, which has remained unchanged since ancient times, as their subject matter. We hope you will take this opportunity to view them.
Nana Shimomura was born in Fukuoka, Japan. In 2015, she graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. In 2017, she completed graduate studies at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
Hotenka
A song to remember the constellations created in ancient China during the Tang and Sui dynasties. There are three types of songs, each centering on the North Pole and divided into the Purple Fortune Fence, the Thick Fortune Fence, and the Heavenly City Fence, as well as songs for the 28th zodiacal sign. In seven words, the complicated forms of the constellations are sung.
Twenty-eight mansions
The 28 constellations used in ancient Chinese astronomy. The word "shuku" means "constellation.