還
韓
環 - Ring
At a Kyoto festival stage, Ring dancers wear painted eyes masks and bright red skirts that swirl in lantern-light.
The King himself sits watching, holding up One bold jade bracelet as if it were a halo.
From the shrine’s Mouth, Entrance, a drum booms “カン!”, echoing the circular railway line 環状線 that loops Osaka.
All together the masks, the skirts, the king’s jewel, the single stroke, and the shrine gate etch the living picture of Ring-a circle that surrounds, protects, and returns.
