正倉院

写真集 『正倉院』

コラボレーションアーティストの一人として特別展「正倉院 THE SHOW」に参加することになった写真家・瀧本幹也。特別な許可を得て宝物を守り続けてきた正倉院に向き合い、モノクロームで撮影した正倉院の姿をまとめた一冊。暗闇の中、月明かりの照らす方角から光をうけた正倉院の姿に、現在のように夜の明かりのない時代、人々が目にしていたさまに思いを馳せた。

およそ1300年もの間、静かにそびえ立つ正倉院正倉。その姿を間近に肌で感じた。
内部に足を踏み入れ、その歳月を支え続けてきた数多の柱や礎石に、心が震えた。
悠久の時に思いを馳せると、貴重な宝物を守り続けてきた光景が胸に浮かんだ。

正倉院は、東を向いている。

創建の昔より変わることなく、西に太陽が沈むころ、東の空からは満月が昇る。
2025年の初め、月の昇る方角から正倉院へ向けて光を投じてみた。
すると、校倉が鋭く浮かび上がり、影は漆黒の闇の中へ静かに沈み込んでいった。
その鮮明な明暗は、時を超えて新たな表情をもたらした。
かつて人々も、月光に浮かび上がるその姿をこうして静かに仰ぎ見ていたのかもしれない。

—瀧本幹也

MT Gallery / 2025年9月7日 / 80ページ / 49点 / 301×201×15mm / 12,000円+税 / ISBN978-4-911557-00-6 / 寄稿：藤森照信 (建築史家、建築家) / デザイン : 原研哉、中村晋平 (日本デザインセンター原デザイン研究所)

Photographer Mikiya Takimoto was invited to participate as one of the collaborating artists in the special exhibition Shōsōin THE SHOW. With special permission, Takimoto came face-to-face with the Shōsōin Repository, which has safeguarded its treasures for more than 1,300 years, and created this volume of monochrome photographs capturing its presence.

In the darkness, the Shōsōin emerged, illuminated by light from the direction of the moon. The sight evoked thoughts of a time when there were no artificial lights at night, and of how people must once have looked upon the repository beneath the moonlight.

The Shōsōin Shōsō has stood quietly for some 1,300 years. I experienced its presence up close, almost as if I could feel it beneath my skin.

Stepping inside, I was deeply moved by the countless pillars and foundation stones that have supported the structure throughout the ages. As I contemplated the passage of eternal time, an image arose in my mind: the scene of generations past, quietly safeguarding its precious treasures.

The Shōsōin faces east.

Since the time of its construction, nothing has changed: as the sun sets in the west, the full moon rises in the eastern sky.

At the beginning of 2025, I directed light toward the Shōsōin from the direction in which the moon rises. The azekura structure emerged sharply from the darkness, while its shadows quietly disappeared into the pitch-black night.

The stark contrast between light and shadow revealed a new expression of the building, transcending time.

Perhaps, long ago, people too gazed quietly upward at its form as it emerged beneath the light of the moon.

— Mikiya Takimoto

MT Gallery / 2025 09 07 / 80pages / 49photographs / 301x201x15mm / ¥12,000+tax / ISBN978-4-911557-00-6 / Contribution : Terunobu Fujimori / Binding : Kenya Hara , Shimpei Nakamura (Hara Design Institute NIPPON DESIGN CENTER Inc.)