Art from Japan by Qbu

A new piece of art from Qbu Kushibuchi's "100 Arabian Nights" series. Based on a Japanese haiku of his taken from this book and translated by Hikaru Kitabayashi, who also sings it as a double haiku and who edited it as a video on 30 June 2022. It was uploaded on the same day.

This painting of Qbu Kushibuchi that this video is based on takes as its inspiration a haiku from "100 Arabian Nights" his haiku collection. The haiku was translated into English by Hikaru Kitabayashi and then used as a basis for the painting here portrayed. Hikaru Kitabayashi sang the haiku acapella as the audio background track for the video. He also edited the video, which was completed and uploaded on 6 June 2022.

This video introduces a painting of Qbu Kushibuchi that is based on (and includes) a haiku he wrote for his book of haiku, "The Hundred Arabian Nights". The introduction, the acapella singing, and the video editing was done by Hikaru Kitabayashi. The video was completed on 3 June 2022.

This video introduces a painting which is meant to portray a cozy image suggestive of nostalgia for the not so distant past when "rice bean soup (azukigayu)", a simple traditional dish belonging to Japanese quisine, was more common than it is now.

A video introducing of a painting of Qbu's in which he celebrates a pet rabbit he once had. The video was completed on 13 May 2022.

A painting by Qbu in which he includes an English tanka (a five-line form of Japanese poetry) written by Hikaru Kitabayashi. Sir Goldworthy Bunny is the Easter Rabbit and Lady Improvidentia Bunny is his wife. They have a son called the Carrot Kid and all are good friends of the Rabbit in the Moon who doesn't always have friendly relations with his counterpart, the Man in the Moon. Improvidentia, who normally spends her time managing the House Goblins (help is so hard to get these days), but here she is making a news report concerning a recent spat between these two lunar powers. Taking on the persona of Lady Improvidentia, the video was performed and edited by Hikaru Kitabayashi for Qbu on 18 May 2022.

This video provides an introduction of Qbu and his artwork by Hikaru Kitabayashi who edited this video, completing it on 6 May 2022. Qbu's art typically illustrates poetry. The poetry of the videos appearing on this channel are performed by Hikaru, who also acts as Qbu's video editor. The poem chosen to illustrate the methodology of the other videos found on this channel is a published haiku of Qbu's which was translated into English by Hikaru and used by Qbu to incorporate in his painting. The haiku is called "Home And Here Not Proud."

A painting by Qbu which includes an English translation of a haiku by Hikaru Kitabayashi for him. Please note the yellow dots in the orange red triangle and below it. Inside the triangle, the Big Dipper is represented. Below the triangle, we find first the star, Arcturus, and further to the lower right of the painting we see the star, Spika, which is part of the constellation, Virgo. This is meant to symbolize Qbu's mother whose birth sign is Virgo. The haiku is sung acapella as a double haiku by Hikaru Kitabayashi who also edited the video which was finished on 18 May 2022. Further published poetry of Qbu's can be found online at https://www.booksie.com/466922-though-all-should-disappear.