Cover news reporter Zhang Jie intern Li Xinyue
When you talk about the Three Kingdoms, what comes to mind first? Is it a heroic figure who has left a legacy in history, a wonderful novel drama? Or is it a popular anime game that is all over the Internet? This history is not only familiar in China, but also popular in Japan, with many fans. For example, Japanese writers such as Akira Yokoyama and Eiji Yoshikawa have written stories about the Three Kingdoms. It is even presented in a new way under the pen of painter Mitsuya Anno.
With his fascination with the history of the Three Kingdoms and his love for Chinese culture, Mitsuya Anno traveled more than 10,000 kilometers over 4 years, recording what he saw and heard in his hometown of the Three Kingdoms with a meticulous brush and literature full of humanistic feelings, and achieved a classic collection of picture book essays. In January 2021, "Picture Book Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was curated by New Classics and published by Beijing October Literature and Art Publishing House.
The Picture Book of the Three Kingdoms contains a total of 83 watercolor works related to the contents of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, recreating the magnificent era of blood. The beautiful scenery of the Central Plains was gradually restored in his pen to a scene of the Three Kingdoms with flames and heroes. The words are interwoven with the chatter of the city at present, and the white walls and black tiles of Suzhou people's houses and the vast mountains of The Sword Gate Pass are interspersed in the scene of the ancient battlefield of Jinge Iron Horse. At the same time, the author also accompanies each work with an illustrative historical essay, so that the book presents a dual reading experience that can deeply understand the history of the Three Kingdoms through reading, and can also feel the style of the times through appreciation.
Mitsuya Anno was born in 1926 in Tsuwano, Shimane Prefecture. Since the publication of "Wonderful Country" in 1968, more than 70 picture books have been published so far, and representative works include "Picture Book of Travel" and "Picture Book of Song". He has won major awards such as the "Hans Christian Andersen Award", a highest honor in the international children's book industry. He specializes in watercolor painting, creating a dignified, stable, warm and peaceful atmosphere in light tones. It has the style of traditional Japanese painting, as well as the techniques of Western sketching and sketching, which is both intellectual and poetic, and is called "Anno style".
The times of heroes and civilizations are always full of mystery and war. Mitsuya Anno writes at the beginning: "The water of the Yellow River rushes through. "In "Tongguan Wind Ferry", the sharp color contrast, the Yellow River from the north and the Wei River from the west converge and flow to the east, forming a strange beauty of Tongguan.
In Mitsuya Anno's three kingdoms, the most depicted is the earth under your feet. This 10,000-kilometer mileage, the author along these historical lands, into history: Lu Xun'an's quiet and quiet Songjiang country road, Liu Bei's long-distance picture of the Eastern Crusade, the peasant family busy harvesting cotton on the ancient battlefield of Guandu... Far away from the battlefield, there are more idyllic scenery, full of pastoral joy.
Mitsuya Anno's pen not only has scenes and feelings, but also thinks and reflects on human civilization. In this book, Mitsuya Ono explores civilization and culture, expressing her own view of history. It is not only limited to the disputes between the three kingdoms, but also the rise and fall of dynasties and the direction of civilization. Stand in the position of being as objective and neutral as possible. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, as well as past wars, have become seeds of sorrow." In stating history, the author is miserable. "From the Time of the Three Kingdoms to the present day, human behavior has been the same. This is not so much a history of the rise and fall of heroes as a history of humanity full of desire. ”
