Experience "Tōsha" at Iida City Museum: Tracing Leaf Veins with a Technique Associated with Tanaka Yoshio
A workshop at Iida City Museum lets visitors try "tōsha," a leaf-rubbing technique associated with Tanaka Yoshio, and families are enjoying tracing leaf veins.Summary
A workshop titled "Challenge Tanaka Yoshio: 'Tōsha' (Rubbing Picture) Experience" is being held in the lobby of the Iida City Museum, where participants can try "tōsha," a technique of inking plant leaves and transferring their impressions onto paper. Held on Saturdays and Sundays during the museum's special exhibition, the workshop is led by Iida Castle Town Supporters and lets visitors experience a technique used by Iida-born naturalist Tanaka Yoshio to record plants. Participants choose leaves such as hydrangea or maple, apply ink to the underside, lay calligraphy paper over them, and gently rub with a baren to capture the veins and outlines. Ink colors can be chosen freely. Curator Oda Akiyuki said that while the exhibition introduces Tanaka's achievements, some aspects are hard to grasp through explanation alone, and he hopes the hands-on experience helps people understand the era in which Tanaka lived and his accomplishments, noting that the technique allowed precise, life-size recording of plant forms when photography was not easy. On October 24, 47 people took part in the morning alone, and parents and children were seen discussing which leaves and colors to use while making their works. Future dates are October 31, November 1, 7, 8, 14, and 15, with sessions from 10:00 to 12:00 and 13:30 to 16:00; no reservation is required.
(Source：飯田経済新聞)