Title: Kon (Confluence) | Created in 2025

The Story Behind This Work

In the white silence of washi paper, the brush touched the surface — and darkness was born. This washi paper art work holds within it a moment of divine arrival.
From within that darkness, light began to seep through.
At the heart of swirling black ink, a goddess descended, slowly, gracefully, from a world beyond sight.
The vermilion that scatters across the surface is not chaos — it is the radiant flame of her presence, the sacred fire of life itself.
This is not disorder. This is a divine arrival.
In this work, the invisible world and the visible world meet — and that holy moment is forever held within.

In this work, the brush was deliberately withheld — allowing the washi paper itself to speak. In Japanese aesthetics, this space is called 'Ma': not absence, but a presence held in stillness.

Details

Technique: Sumi ink and Shu (vermilion) ink on Mino Washi paper — a traditional Japanese washi paper art — mounted as a hanging scroll (Kakejiku)
Artwork size: 93.5 cm × 64 cm (36.8 in × 25.2 in)
Kakejiku (scroll) size: 161 cm × 78 cm (63.4 in × 30.7 in)
Material: Mino Washi paper, Sumi ink, Shu ink
Created: 2025
One of a kind

About Mino Washi

Mino Washi is a traditional Japanese paper with a history spanning over 1,300 years. Crafted by hand using the fibres of the kozo plant, this exquisite paper is celebrated for the extraordinary beauty of its natural fibres. Designated as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, Mino Washi is among the most revered of all traditional Japanese papers.

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Care — Hanging Scroll

This work is mounted as a traditional Japanese hanging scroll (Kakejiku). To preserve its condition, please follow these guidelines: Roll and store in the included paulownia box when not displayed. Avoid prolonged display — rotate with periods of rest. Keep away from direct sunlight, high humidity, and sudden temperature changes. Handle the scroll with clean, dry hands.

Packaging & Shipping

Each artwork is carefully wrapped in PAT-certified archival tissue paper (ISO18916:2007) — the same standard used in museum and cultural heritage conservation — before being hand-packed by the artist in museum-quality archival packaging and shipped via DHL with full insurance and international tracking.

Domestic (Japan) — Yamato Transport or Japan Post, with tracking number.
International — DHL or EMS with international tracking and insurance. A tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

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A singular work of art — one of a kind in the world.

This is not a mass-produced object. It is a singular work, born from accumulated time and mastery.

The price reflects its rarity and the value of its creation.

This is art that chooses its owner — made for those who understand its essential worth.

A presence unlike any other, worthy of your space and your sensibility.

About the Artist

Yuriko Yuco Yoshikawa is both an artist and a Registered Nurse — a rare combination that shapes everything she creates.

For decades, she stood at the threshold between life and death, witnessing pain, dignity, and quiet moments of grace. She held the hands of those departing. She understood, more deeply than most, what it means to be alive.

When she set down her nurse's uniform and took up her brush, that knowledge did not leave her. It became her art.

Every work she creates carries that gaze — the gaze of someone who has truly seen what a human life is worth.

As a nurse, and as an artist — her deepest wish is to bring love and light to every person in the world.

Her works have been selected and awarded at over 15 international exhibitions across Japan, France, Spain, Monaco, and Italy. A formally recognised member of the Art Maison Selecting Committee (A.M.S.C.), Spain Headquarters — an international arts organisation spanning France, Japan, and Spain — her name is permanently inscribed on the monument "LA VOZ DEL ARTE PARA CALMAR EL MUNDO" (The Voice of Art to Calm the World), erected in Puebla de la Sierra, Madrid, Spain. Her work is featured in Art Maison Vol. 30, published in 2026.

Each work is one of a kind. Once sold, it is gone forever.
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Exhibition History — This Work

16ème Rencontre Artistique Monaco-Japon 2026 (January 30 – February 1, 2026, Auditorium Rainier III, Principality of Monaco — under the auspices of A.I.A.P.-UNESCO) — Japanese painting Kon (Confluence) exhibited — Prix d'honneur awarded by the Comté d'honneur, Monaco

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