Original Painting and Supervisor |
Painter KINUTANI Koji KINUTANI Koji |
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2023
H2.8m × W7.1m
Echizen Railway, Fukui Station, Concourse outside ticket gate
Close-up of the artwork (detail)
Close-up of the artwork (detail)
Close-up of the artwork (detail)
Close-up of the artwork (detail)
Production Notes
Dinosaurs such as Fukuititan and Fukuivenator excavated in Fukui Prefecture, The nature of the mountains and the wide blue sky, Echizen Railway vehicles and their attendants, Eiheiji Temple, Maruoka-jo Castle, Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins, Tojinbo, Fukui Prefecture’s mascot character HAPPY-Ryu, Sabae Glasses with world-class technology, The land, sea, and air scenery that symbolize Fukui Prefecture are freely, dynamically, and vividly expressed.
Planning ： Japan Traffic Culture Association
Sponsorship ： Japan Lottery Association
This project was developed with a grant from the lottery social contribution public relations project.
Artist Profile
KINUTANI Koji
KINUTANI Koji
Painter
He is a representative western-style painter in Japan as well as the leading authority of contemporary fresco painting. Brilliant colors rush, and enthusiasm and living delights develop dynamically in his painting world created from rich and free imaginations, extreme spiritual concentration and sustainability. His works consisting of bold and free-fashioned forms evoke deep empathy and interest in the viewers. Is working on three-dimensional works by styroform and mixed media, and also on stone carvings and paintings with natural mineral pigments on silk.Member of the Japan Art Academy, Member of the Dokuritsu Exhibition, and Professor Emeritus at Tokyo University of the Arts. Passed away in 2025.
Location ： Echizen Railway, Fukui Station, Concourse outside ticket gate
Artist's Comments
You are now in Fukui, which is a unique area in Japan where dinosaurs used to walk around as if they owned everything, and it is very exciting to imagine that. Strangely enough, when you look around thinking about that period, wondering whether the dinosaurs also looked over at that sea like us and imagining that the landform must have changed a lot, even the familiar landscape that comes into view looks new.
Cherishing this feeling, I developed my imagination and created an image that features the dinosaurs and the artifacts of the Echizen area in Fukui.
I hope that seeing this image at the beginning of your journey will help you get a feeling of the joy that you are about to experience in Fukui.