桐生義也
KIRYŪ Yoshinari
特選
愛馬の日
A Day for the Beloved Horse
作家のことば
日本中央競馬会では毎年秋分の日を「愛馬の日」と定め、東京の馬事公苑にて馬と人との絆を結ぶ感謝祭を行っており、私はその近辺で生まれ育ち幼少期より強く憧れる存在となりました。五十年ほど前に目にしたウマの品種アパルーサは尻部等の黒斑に強い印象のある馬で、いつしか「瞼の馬」となり、これを版画で表現いたしました。
※The following was generated by machine translation. 以下の英訳は機械翻訳によるものです。
The Japan Racing Association designates the Autumn Equinox as "Aiba no Hi" (Horse Appreciation Day) every year and holds a thanksgiving festival at the Baji-Kōen (Equestrian Park) in Tokyo to celebrate the bond between horses and humans.
I was born and raised near there and horses became a strong object of admiration for me since childhood.
The Appaloosa horse breed I saw about fifty years ago was strongly impressive with its black spots on the rump and other areas, and it eventually became my "horse of memory," which I expressed in this print.