Every year since 1993, the village of Inakadate in Japan has been transforming rice fields into living works of art, planting different varieties of rice in elaborate patterns
His latest creation is presented by Inakadate, a village in Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan, famous for its rice field art: this summer’s project features two famous portraits of women, one from western and one from eastern art history.
Every year since 1993, at Inakadate transform rice paddies into living works of art by planting different varieties of rice in elaborate patterns. This year, a paddy field features the Renaissance master’s iconic ‘Mona Lisa’ Leonardo da Vinci and in the other the 19th and 20th century Japanese artist Seiki Kuroda’s painting ‘Lakesides’, which is a portrait of his wife, Taneko Kaneko.
Inakadate’s intricate rice paddy art designs are the work of former high school teacher Atsushi Yamamoto; he uses a computer to translate the color compositions of the original works into something that can be reproduced with just seven colors of rice planted in the field. This year’s creations can be seen until the beginning of October
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