Monument Cliff is a ceramic work by Toshio Oohi inspired by the canyons of Mesa Verde in Colorado, United States. Drawing on the distortions and eroded forms of clay, it gives shape to a sense of nature's vast passage of time.

A ceramic work that layers canyon landscapes with the transformations of clay to evoke the passage of natural time.

A Western-style painting by Ichiki Konada inspired by the myths of the Kojiki. Beginning with Izanagi's grief after the death of Izanami, it explores an ancient spiritual world confronting life and death.

A Western-style painting that traces the mythic sense of life and death through Izanagi's grief at loss.

The Past Days is a wood sculpture by Yoshiyuki Kuwayama, inspired by the rural landscape he saw in his childhood hometown. It evokes a remembered scene through vigorous sculptural form and a sense of movement.

An imagined landscape of childhood memories embodied in the bold forms of wood sculpture.

"Matsuo Bashō no ku" is a mixed kanji-and-kana calligraphy work by Nagamori Sōkyū, exhibited at the 9th Nitten. Its bold composition and vigorous dry-brush strokes give depth to the contrast of black ink and white space.

A calligraphic work in which a bold composition and vigorous dry-brush strokes create depth between black ink and white space.