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Phantasmal~Mugen~

Noh, a traditional Japanese performing art with a history of over 650 years, is a source of national pride. When I encountered its profound world where reality and fiction, life and death intersect, the complex I had long harbored about my color vision deficiency quietly dissipated.

The visible world isn't everything. Human presence certainly exists in the invisible world as well. I was able to accept my own color vision characteristics, realizing that my own vision is merely one of many different ways in which the world is perceived.

The raw essence of humanity remains unchanged even after centuries. And above all, Noh is undeniably "cool." This series was started with the desire to express its refined aesthetics and awe-inspiring coolness through dyeing.

© 2026 Yoshiyuki Izuoka

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