Dark Window
The cool dim room and the dazzling summer view. They are so different that they form a distinctive boundary there. To prevent the outside world from entering the room directly, the window frames it, and brings it into the dark room as a painting.
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The title photo was taken at ‘Kiun-kaku’ in Atami – a popular hot spring resort in Japan. It is a villa of a conglomerate built in the early 20th century, and it’s now on display as a cultural asset. The architectures of this period partially incorporates Western style into traditional Japanese style, and have a unique exotic feeling.
Originally, Japanese architectures did not have the windows like this. In traditional Japanese construction methods, where the structure is completed with posts and beams, walls are not an essential part of the structure. The Japanese architectural philosophy was to have no walls on the south side, so that the outside and inside would not be separated. — Please see my photo to know it. — At that time, looking out through a small window decorated with colored glass and curtains must have been quite a new sensation.
In this piece, I tried to synthesize Japanese sensibilities and Western scales, like as in the architecture of that time. I also tried to express the tension of contrasts between outside and inside of window. I’m satisfied that I could express what I wanted.
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Song Information
- Title: Dark Window
- Composer: Issay Tsumeki ( 爪木一晴 )
- Work number: Op. 30
- Date of composition: May. 16, 2021
- Date of release Aug. 13, 2022
Photos
- A window in ‘Kiun-kaku’; Photo by Issay Tsumeki on Upsplash
- Stained Glass; Photo by David Clarke on Unsplash
- Flowers and Window; Photo from PxHere
- Stained Glass; Photo by Daniela Mackova on Pixabay