A Short Story of Japan in three paintings and 93 words.

This performance was organized for the Domestic Art on Tour in Italy, from 1997 to 1999 by Yumi Karasumaru

• Haru no umi
  Hinemosu notari
  Notari kana
• The sea in spring,
  Tireless rases itself,
  Yes, it raises itself.
  
  

• First Painting
  Zui zui zukkorobashi

  Traditional song, counting for the game.
  
  

• Second Painting
  Haiku written by Shoen Iggo

  A poem of gleaming simplicity stretched out to catch the unrepeatable moment, traditionaly tied to nature, noble and rich in meaning for its magic capability of evoking without ever describing.
  Free from excesses of expression that characterise almost all of the western poetry, the Haiku give more than any other form, maybe the meaning of 'not being' typical Zen.
  Shoen's production inserts itsself in this antique tradition with the intent of catching its most impalpable aspects, to draw near to a contemporaneity that still now apears dazzling to us.
  

  taken from Zen Poetry by S. Suzuki, Bartheleme & Co., Publishing, New York

  
  - Frozen breath flies it doesn't know where (fiato gelato vola non sa dove)
  - Swing swing Iris stalk in the swamp (dondola dondola stelo di iris nella palude)
  - Dew drop vibrate on the marching boots (goccia di rugiada vibra sugli stivali in marcia)
  - I laugh and sleep calmly at dawn (rido e dormo quieto alle prime luci)
  - Eyes reflect themselves in the dark (occhi si specchiano al buio)
  - Rest your kite and watch (riposa il nibbio e guarda)
  
  

• Third Painting
  Atomic Dream
  

  Music: Shusseiheishi wo okuru uta.
  Auspicious song for soldiers going to the front