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The theme of this collection, "All things rise and fall," to me is one of the most beautiful Japanese words, and at the same time, I feel it is a concept that is surprisingly compatible with the underlying philosophy of dadaïsme.In approaching this theme, although not many documents remain, I went back as far as possible to trace the atmosphere of that time. Reading the wars and rise and fall depicted in The Tale of the Heike, set in the Kamakura period when the military government was established, I came to the realization that even the victors (those in power) decay and disappear before the passage of time - this idea struck me as proof that Japan a thousand years ago was already demonstrating the philosophy that dadaism would put into words hundreds of years later in the form of nihilism.
Looking back, I have continued to create clothes that evoke the image of military uniforms in my past collections, while observing the ongoing conflicts in Russia and the Middle East, and modern society that is connected to the global situation. Rather than being intentional, this process has also made me realize once again that the value of "war" has long been embedded in my subconscious.
This theme was something I had been nurturing in my heart for a long time, and I had always hoped to give it form someday. However, just like 001/002, it took time to bring it to fruition, as I had to go through a process of trial and error to figure out how to elevate my creative approach, which differs from the usual dadaïsme aesthetic, into an aesthetic sense. As a result, perhaps it was inevitable that I was able to confront this theme at this "now," a moment when, having moved my production base from Japan to Germany, another set of values had begun to develop within me.
What struck me most after moving there wasn't just superficial differences like national character or culture, but the fact that, despite both being defeated in World War II, Japan and Germany have vastly different interpretations of history, national outlooks, and directions toward social maturity. How a country deals with its past subtly reflects its aesthetics, ethics, and even its perspective on the future. It was at this intersection of the vertical axis of history and the horizontal axis of the current world situation that my own creative themes began to emerge.