In the drizzling rain, the fingers of the hand without an umbrella draw something in the sky. “It’s a funny movement, isn’t it?” Katori said, laughing. “I’m thinking about the picture title. I said it while I was there.” The photo shoot is over and the large canvas is turned upside down. I promised to write the title at the time of the interview. When I thought about it a little while later, I ran with a pen - “Love Love.”

“I was able to draw it the fastest. I even surprised myself.” Shingo Katori’s tone is cheerful. The first coat takes a day, then it dries for a day, and then it takes two hours to complete. The title is “Tsubomu.”