Vivinavi : Shimane : (Japan) Shimane

In this ritual, standing sand is piled up from the Izumo Forest east of Izumo-taisha Shrine to the Mitarashi well east of the Copper Torii, and the chief priest prays on the straw mat placed on top of the sand, together with a large sacred staff.

In 1899, the painter ・Kiyoshi Koizumi (1899.12.20-1962.2.21) was born as the third son of Yakumo Koizumi. 4 years old, his father suddenly passed away in the fall. While at Waseda Junior High School, Kiyoshi's talent was discovered by Yakumo's student ・ Yaichi Aizu, and he entered the Western-style painting department of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. Despite the twists and turns that followed, he inherited the artistic sense of his father's uncle Richard and father Yakumo, and spent a unique life as a painter.