23 September 2009
A Preview of Space
The beautiful world where all works of KAGAYA: arts, photographs taken on the South Pole on the spot of the solar eclipse. Science and art, including space pictures of the whole sky. It is a work with all the messages which KAGAYA [the splendor of running after it with a dream] values most.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/KAGAYASTUDIO
10 April 2009
One Night
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I've been waiting for you
探してる月夜の記憶 香る花は打ち寄せる波のほとり
[ sagashiteru tsuki yo no kioku kaoru hana wa uchiyoseru nami no hotori ]
and I see but you
残された風をまとい [ Nokosareta kaze wo matoi ]
so I can see the sky
I want to show you
叫んでる海ぬらす雨 饰られた梦はいつしか砂の中
[ Saken deru umi nurasu ame . . . Kasarareta yume wa itsushika suna no naka ]
and don't cry for you
色づいた瞬间をまとい [ Irozuita toki wo matoi ]
so I can see the sky
Melody 奏でる刹那を届けたいだけ [ Melody kanaderu setsuna wo todoketai dake ]
小さな手を包み込むように あなたさえいれば风は吹くの?
[ Chiisana te wo tsutsumikomu you ni
Anata sae ireba kaze wa fuku no? ]
いつか stand alone...
时に迷った夜 [ hini mayotta yoru ]
Let me tell you おどけてる水面の光 [ Odokiteru minamo no hikari ]
染められた心は见えない星の辉き
[ Somerareta kokoro wa mienai hoshi no kagayaki ]
and I think of you 止められた过去をまとい [ Tomerareta kako wo matoi ]
so I can see the sky
I am waiting for you and looking for truth,
but not a sound is heard
Whenever you need any help and my voice,
please let me know
Can I sing for you or cry for dream?
Let some wind blow
So I can see the sky
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English translation
(later)
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02 April 2009
22 March 2009
Celestial Age: Tranquility
The sea within atoll is very calm.
Floating with her ears on and in the water,
She can hear dolphins chatting and even fish and corals breathing.
The sea here, with countless lives in it, goes as far as the opposite side of the planet.
She loves to float in tranquility,
feeling something identical with all lives on the whole planet.
Celestial Age: Ambiente
There are many small islands in the coral reef around the mother island.
You can see the woods of mangroves and various kinds of plants on this largest island.
When tide is coming to rise, fish and dolphins come under the woods with the salty water.
She loves very much to pass time, hearing waves and birds,
smelling fruits and flowers, feeling breeze through woods and sunlight through trees.
21 March 2009
Celestial Age: Earthlight
Earthlight
The surface of the moon commands a splendid view of the earth.
The grand globe, with the dazzling blue light glaring, stays perfectly still in the sky of the moon.
Explorers, who are traveling from faraway stars, look at the sacred planet expecting their exciting explore for the final destination.
Immigrants, who had lived on the earth before, look at the mother planet reflecting their happy old days from the land of revolution.
It's our greatest joy to see our home planet.
Let's bless the planet of our hearts!
29 January 2009
KAGAYA et al. - Dream Mediators
A reputed world forerunner of Digital Painting, Kagaya works completed entirely on a computer. Since he spent his childhood in wonderment of the stars in the sky, he has been working in Astronomy-related areas, contributing many astronomical illustrations to books, magazines, and planetariums. Having his eternal motif in the grandeur of the cosmic world, he has had a successful career as an illustrator for astronomical books and magazines, and many of his works have been turned into jigsaw puzzles, among other products.
While stars are drawn just as they really are, nevertheless, images are fantastic and inspiring, by virtue of his Hyper Realism and his Celestial Transparency.
He has strong popularity in Asia. "The Zodiac, 12 Greek Mythologies" is a best-selling jigsaw puzzle. The minor planet 11949 is named Kagaya Yutaka after his real name in honor of his contribution to astronomy as an artist.
His official website is at: http://www.kagayastudio.com/
A fan site that summarizes his works: http://www.librarising.com/mythos/index.html
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KAGAYA's assistant - TAKAKI - whose artworks are equally fantastic : http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~secretwings/
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Another assistant to Kagaya is SHU MIZOGUCHI - check out his artworks at:
http://shu-littlebit.com
22 January 2009
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11 January 2009
A Japanese classic tale
—by Eri Izawa
GINGA TETSUDOU NO YORU is well-known in Japan as a classic in children's literature, so famous that almost every Japanese adult will have at least heard of it. To the newcomer coming from the anime/manga world, however, it may well be mistaken for the GINGA TETSUDOU 999 anime and manga series by Matsumoto Leiji (Nobita of the manga series DORAEMON once makes this very mistake!)
The resemblance is there: both "Milky Way Railroads" feature a mysterious train on a fantastic journey, a young passenger, and priceless lessons learned along the way.
Miyazawa's story, however, is the original. Deeply layered in beautiful text, symbolic meaning, and profound philosophy, it is little wonder it has become a literary classic. All this despite the fact Miyazawa's manuscript (published after his death) comes in many different versions, is incomplete, and is full of gaps!
The story's main character is a poor young schoolboy named Giovanni, whose father is possibly in jail (Giovanni doesn't think so), and whose mother is ill. Though picked on by other kids—with the exception of his friend Campanellula—Giovanni tries to maintain his pride, and is capable of escaping the humiliation by withdrawing into his imagination.
On the night of a festival, he winds up out alone in the dark fields, where he hears a voice calling, "Milky Way Station, Milky Way Station." Giovanni finds himself on board a train traveling beside a shimmering river that is the Milky Way. He travels with Campanellula.
As they ride, going from the Northern Cross to Cygnus and beyond (in fact, one critic observed, toward the center of the galaxy), they meet different people. Yet Giovanni is somehow special, for he alone of all the passengers carries some kind of pass that allows him to go anywhere at all, even beyond Heaven itself. When he realizes this, he begins to feel a new compassion and pity for all the others. He begins to feel that he can make any sacrifice for the happiness of other people. But what, he wonders, is true happiness?
The train's travels draw to a close and the characters dissapear. Even as Giovanni and Campanellula promise each other they would travel on together forever, Campanellula catches sight of a beautiful field in which he sees his mother; then he, too, is gone. Giovanni remains, alone again.
Giovanni awakens from this apparent dream and returns to town, where he discovers that Campanellula had drowned in a stream. He receives some comforting words from Campanellula's father about his own absent father, and then, his mind full of different thoughts, he goes home. But he goes home a changed person.
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Many people have tried to unravel the layers and meanings in this story. Indeed, thanks to the number of different versions of the text, all the gaps, and the heavy symbolism, the task is difficult. Not all versions, for example, have the later versions' beginning and end, and an earlier version contains much more explicitly stated philosophy. Still, readers of GINGA TETSUDOU NO YORU agree that this work, possibly Miyazawa's best, is special for its beauty, meaning, and pure magic.
Based on the version published by: Kumon Publishing Co., Ltd. 1993
ISBN4-87576-713-7¥2000
The way throughout Milky Way
In courtesy of KAGAYA
No sooner had Campanella said so than another mass of shining gentians went away. And the next moment, one after another, countless cups of gentian flowers with yellow bottoms went away springing up or showering down. Meanwhile, lights of sankaku-hyos are endlessly in line along their way, some blurred, some blazing.
One after another and countless cups of gentian flowers with yellow bottoms went away springing up or showering down with the wind. Mean while, the lights are endlessly in line along train’s way, some blurred and some blazing. All passing by before the eye like a dream, a dream which is still shining more and more...
“Yep, look at that horrendous fire, I’m afraid that it can burn up all the universe!”
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Welcome aboard the fantasy train in the stars! “The Celestial Railroad” is a fantastic journey of a boy, Giovanni, in a dreamscape created into a colorful full-dome CG animation picture with inspiring background music.
Based on a story written in the early 20th century, KAGAYA, a digital fine artist, has breathed new life into the unique imaginary world using creativity and precise astronomical knowledge.
The starry sky is depicted as the Celestial Field made up of a river, a field of silver grasses, flowers, birds, survey towers, railway signals and more. Across this amazing beautiful scenery, the Celestial Railroad runs along the Milky Way.
It is a fantasy world in full color, but designed with scientific accuracy. This unforgettable travel will be a delight to the eyes and ears of all the audience. Children will enjoy the fantasy with a scientific touch while adults will be entertained by the elegant artistry and its profound implications.
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Based on a story by Kenji Miyazawa
Scenario/Computer Graphics/Direction: KAGAYA
Music: Rei Kagaya
Running time: 48 minutes
Educational content: Constellations