Kambe Tomoyuki (born in Gifu Prefecture in 1975) is a Japanese-style painter. He has studied and developed a style of painting that is grounded in classical techniques and uses applied layers of colors on a base of foil, ultra-thin washi paper, and more colors. The unique atmosphere and perspective of his paintings are serene, yet the grandeur of the world that can be seen in the lives of small creatures that exist there are also in tune with the Shinto concept of the many forms of natural life force as different manifestations of the divine.

Since moving to Dazaifu in 2014, Kambe has been working on the creation of sliding door (Fusuma) paintings for the shrine’s Bunshokan while experiencing closely the changing seasons on the shrine grounds. Prior the completion of the paintings, this exhibition introduced Kambe’s works collected by the shrine.