August Solo Exhibition Announcement
SAMURAI Typography ─ Questioning That Decision ─
An exhibition that portrays Sengoku warlords not as heroes, but as figures embodying "doubt," "choice," and "resolve."
August 26 (Wednesday) - 31 (Sunday), 2026 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM Admission Free
If I were you──
History isn't just about past events.
It's a record of people who made choices while lost, advanced while losing,
and still made decisions.
If you were in the same situation,
what would you choose?
Sanada Yukimura
When cornered,
what do people believe in?
Date Masamune
To protect,
will it be your dreams, or the future?
Ishida Mitsunari
Can righteousness
change the outcome?
These are not questions for "samurai." They are questions for us, living in the present.
I was more drawn to the person who made a decision than the one who won.
It's not because they won that I'm interested.
I was interested in the human drama behind their decisions.
What did they believe in when they were cornered?
What were they trying to protect?
Why did they choose that particular decision?
I wanted to depict that human element.
Depicting warlords with words. Beyond that, depicting questions.
Beyond that, a question is posed.
The lives and philosophies of warlords are reconstructed into words,
and expressed as a single portrait through typography.
These works are not meant to teach history,
but to encourage self-reflection.
There are things you can only take away from the local experience.
We want visitors to not only see the exhibits,
but also take home questions.
Original drawings
Exhibition catalog
Limited postcards
And dialogue with the artist.
The background of the work, and why that question was chosen.
There are conversations that can only happen in that moment.
It is not an exhibition that ends with just viewing.
It is an exhibition for confronting oneself.
To everyone who has supported me, I will do my best to repay your kindness.
Since starting Samurai Typography,
many people have supported me.
Those who purchased my work.
Those who shared their thoughts on social media.
Those who visited the group exhibition last year.
That's why this time, as an artist,
I wanted to create a place where I could meet people directly, not just through a screen.
And one more thing: I want to share Samurai Typography
not just with Japan, but with the world.
I want people to feel the passion and atmosphere that can't be conveyed digitally
in this space.
Who were you like?
After finishing the work, I suddenly ponder.
Those who choose dreams.
Those who choose beliefs.
Those who choose what is right.
And a small part of myself is among them.
This isn't an exhibition to view history. It's an exhibition to reflect on oneself.
SAMURAI TYPOGRAPHY
"Questioning That Decision"