Yukako Manabe　真鍋由伽子

Yukako Manabe is an artist who uses Japanese painting and printmaking techniques to depict the borderline between the everyday and the imaginary. For the online exhibition, "Summer Fragrance," she has drawn a work inspired by the three Tokyo Kodo fragrances: "Whisper of the Forest," "Stardust," and "Sacred Tree". In order to capture the multilayered image of the scents, they are made by layering several different color plates using the lithograph technique. The work, which depicts an imaginary view of the world beyond where the fragrance takes us, creates a mysterious sense of floating, as if between reality and unreality. Through incense, incense holders made of various materials, and artwork created from fragrance, we hope to bring you an experience of tasting fragrance through the senses of smell, touch, and sight.