樱花折本展览丨美国华盛顿

Sakura Orihon｜Ron Henderson / LIRIO Landscape Architecture

项目陈述

Project Statement

2018年至2023年春季，美国国家植物园定期展览了来自日本景观建筑师日美友好委员会的15本折本（ori=折叠，hon=书籍），展览名为“Sakura orihon”，期间由于疫情中断过一段时间。随着樱花从南至北的绽放，景观设计师记录了观赏著名古树的朝圣之旅，并记录了体现日本樱花文化的园艺实践（树枝支撑、绳索帐篷等）。展览的策展人Kathleen Emerson-Dell说：“这些主题与美国国家植物园的观众产生了共鸣，并推进了植物园保护世界各地植物的使命。”

Fifteen orihon (ori=folding, hon=book) sketchbooks from the landscape architect’s Japan-US Friendship Commission Fellowship in Japan are the subject of recurring solo exhibitions, Sakura Orihon, at the US National Arboretum each spring from 2018 to the current Spring 2023 (with hiatus from global pandemic). Following the cherry blossoms from south to north, the landscape architect recorded pilgrimages to famous venerable trees and documented horticultural practices (branch crutching, rope tenting, etc.) that embody cherry blossom culture in Japan. Kathleen Emerson-Dell, the exhibition’s curator, says the “themes resonate with the U.S. National Arboretum audience and advance the Arboretum’s mission to preserve plants from around the world.”

▲展览橱窗中的樱花折本：折本以折叠和展开的形式在展览中展出，Orihon in exhibition vitrines: The orihon sketchbooks were curated in folded and unfolded formats in the exhibition. © Ron Henderson

项目说明

Project Narrative

来自日本景观建筑师的日美友好委员会的15册折本（ori=折叠，hon=书籍），在华盛顿特区美国国家植物园进行了多次个展。自1994年以来，景观设计师一直采用这种“折本”的形式记录与绘画形式，这种横向的绘画形式，对景观，地图，线性旅行路径图，以及赏花时刻与地图表的展示有着特别的价值。

“樱花折本”展览于2018年春季初展，后由于2019春季、2020春季，以及2021春季陆续重新展出。由于疫情原因中断一年之后，2023年，该展览又重新于美国国家植物园进行展出，它也是全球遗产和古树木保护计划的一部分。展览围绕三个主题展开，分别是樱花文化、日本三棵著名的樱花树，以及日本园艺技术，这些都是景观设计师在四个月的时间里在日本各地追踪樱花的过程中记录整理的。

这位景观设计师应美国国家植物园馆长的邀请，在华盛顿一年一度的樱花节上展出这些折本。展览在国家盆景博物馆和盆景博物馆的展览馆举行，每一场樱花折本展览都接待了大约3万名游客。这些折本展示在由五个由景观设计师设计的定制红木和玻璃橱窗中。四十九个30’x 40’的印刷和展示板，垂直折叠放置，展示了放大的图纸和照片。此外，展览还为游客准备了两枚木制手工印章，游客们可以在手工和纸上留下樱花纪念图章。

展览期间还举办了一系列公开讲座，包括《樱花之旅日记》、《健康长寿:日本樱花树的园艺实践》、《文化连接》、《欲望的引力》、《绘画是思想的入口》等，邀请了植物生物学家、园艺学家、树木学家、亚洲研究学者、景观设计师和公众参加。《华盛顿邮报》、《景观建筑杂志》和其他新闻媒体（以及广泛的社交媒体）都已争相出版了这些速写本，并报道了此次展览情况。

这些折本展示了关于樱花的广泛学术研究，包括：植物学、生态学、文化、美学、哲学、城市规划、政治、经济等。在樱花折本展览期间，让公众了解了樱花所有这些方面的复杂性和丰富性以及它们在日本文化中的重要性。与著名的园艺学家、园丁、护林员、文化历史学家、厨师和其他相关人士的对话丰富了这项研究。折本的条目还记录了城市仪式和仪式的作用，比如花见(赏樱节)、回忆和前行(学校毕业典礼与开花时间的巧合)和季节性产品(在食物和时尚中的表达)，这些都以樱花的绽放为中心。

没有花能像樱花飘落时那样美丽。

▲展览实情：每年春天的展览期间，博物馆将接待约3万名参观者，Exhibition candid: The museum welcomed about 30,000 visitors during the exhibitions each Spring. © Jan Haenrets

▲展示折本的定制红木和玻璃橱窗：景观设计师设计了定制红木和玻璃橱窗来展示樱花折本，Custom mahogany and glass vitrines to exhibit the orihon sketchbooks: The landscape architect designed custom mahogany and glass vitrines to exhibit the orihon sketchbooks. © Ron Henderson

▲木桩和树桩展板：展览的三个部分之一侧重于日本园艺技术，如树枝支撑(hoozue)和绳索帐篷(yukitsuri)，Staking and guying exhibition panels: One of three portions of the exhibition focused on Japanese horticultural techniques such as branch supports (hoozue) and rope tenting (yukitsuri). © Olivia Anderson

▲美国国家植物园纪念印章：印台与印章由景观建筑师和平面设计师Travis Rothe合作设计，US National Arboretum commemorative visitor stamps: Stamp pads and souvenir stamps were designed by the landscape architect in collaboration with Travis Rothe, Graphic Designer. © Olivia Anderson

▲樱花折本展览体验：折本内容与照片的放大提升了展览的参观体验，Sakura Orihon exhibition experience: The exhibition of sketchbooks is augmented by enlarged excerpts of the sketchbooks and photographs from the fellowship travels. © Olivia Anderson

▲在旅行研究期间，设计师制作了15本折本，以记录日本的樱花文化：Toru Mitani以樱花折本为主题撰写了《绘画是思想的入口》，该文章刊登于《景观建筑》杂志，Fifteen orihon sketchbooks were completed during the fellowship to document cherry blossom culture in Japan: The orihon sketchbooks were the subject of an article, written by Toru Mitani, in Landscape Architecture Magazine, Drawing is the Entrance of Thought. © Ron Henderson

▲第一部分樱花城、樱花寺、樱花堡：展览的第一部分记录了樱花集中的地方 —— 樱花城、樱花寺、樱花堡，Part 1 Sakura Cities, Sakura Temples,and Sakura Castles：Part 1 of the exhibition documents places where cherry blossoms are concentrated: Sakura Cities, Sakura Temples, and Sakura Castles. © Ron Henderson

▲第二部分三棵著名的樱花古树：展览的第二部分记录了日本三棵超过1000年的樱花树，分别是淡墨樱花、山高金代、三春泷樱，Part 2 The Three Great Cherry Trees: Part 2 of the exhibition documents three Japanese cherry trees over 1,000 years old: Usuzumi-zakura, Yamataka Jindai-zakura, and Miharu Taki-zakura © Ron Henderson

▲第三部分功能与美：展览的第三部分记录了保护樱桃树的园艺技术：树枝支撑(hoozue)、绳索帐篷(yukitsuri)等，Part 3 Function and Beauty: Part 3 of the exhibition documents horticultural techniques to conserve cherry trees: branch crutches (hoozue), rope tenting (yukitsuri), and others © Ron Henderson

▲樱花折本由京都装订工制作的，封面采用印刷“型染”(Katazome)纸：本次展览的主题是由京都装订商制作的15本折本。The sakura orihon sketchbooks are crafted by a Kyoto bookbinder with patterned katazome paper covers: Drawings in fifteen orihon (ori=folding, hon=book) accordion fold sketchbooks, made by a Kyoto bookbinder, are the subject of the exhibition. © Ron Henderson

▲15本折本中的第一本至第九本完全以展开的形式进行展览，Nine of the fifteen orihon folding sketchooks, layed out to full extents: Orihon sketchbooks number 1 through 9, fully extended © Ron Henderson

▲15本折本中的第十本至第十五本，以图片放大与摘录的形式进行展览，Six of the fifteen orihon folding sketchooks, layed out to full extents: Orihon sketchooks number 10 through 15 and an excerpt of the full collection © Ron Henderson

▲12号折本：到达臼上樱的Tarumi-sen火车；樱花折本(展开尺寸：4英尺～8英寸x 4英寸)中记录了11趟从日本各地农村到拥有1500年历史的淡墨樱花(usuzumizakura) 的火车之旅，Sketchook 12: Tarumi-sen train to Usuzumi-sakura: Sakura orihon 11 (4′-8″ x 4″ unfolded) chronicles the train ride across rural Japan to Usuzumi-zakura, the 1,500-year-old pale sumi-ink cherry tree. © Ron Henderson

▲三春泷樱：三春泷樱，日本三大樱花树之一，生长在一处偏东的斜坡上，周围环绕着一条小路，每年都会吸引30万游客前来观赏，Miharu Takizakura: Miharu taki-zakura, one of Japan’s three great cherry trees, grows on an easterly slope encircled by a path that welcomes 300,000 visitors annually. © Ron Henderson

Project Narrative

Fifteen orihon (ori=folding, hon=book) folding sketchbooks from the landscape architect’s Japan-US Friendship Commission Fellowship in Japan are the subject of a recurring solo exhibition at the US National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. The format of these sketchbooks, in which the landscape architect has been drawing since 1994, allows extended horizontal drawings that are particularly valuable for landscapes, maps, diagrams of linear travel paths, and experiential sequences.

The exhibition, Sakura Orihon, was initially commissioned and installed in the Spring of 2018 with subsequent re-installations in Spring 2019, Spring 2020, and Spring 2021. The exhibition was re-printed and is currently installed at the Arboretum in Spring 2023 (following a one-year pandemic hiatus) where it is also part of the programming around global conservation of legacy and heritage trees. The exhibit focuses on, and is structured around, three narratives – cherry blossom culture, Three Great Japanese Cherry Trees, and Japanese horticulture techniques – that grew from the fellowship where the landscape architect followed the cherry blossoms across Japan for four months as part of the fellowship.

The landscape architect was invited by the Director of the United States National Arboretum to exhibit the sketchbooks as the Arboretum’s contribution to the annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. The exhibition was held at the Arboretum in the galleries of the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum which welcomed approximately 30,000 visitors during each run of the Sakura Orihon exhibition. Five custom mahogany and glass vitrines designed by the landscape architect display and secure the sketchbooks. Forty-nine printed and mounted panels at 30″ x 40″ in an upright folded configuration include enlarged drawings and photographs from the fellowship. Two wooden hand stamps for visitors make commemorative cherry blossom imprints on handmade washi paper.

The exhibition was accompanied by a series of public lectures across several years – Sakura Orihon: Diary of a Cherry Blossom Journey, A Healthy Long Life: Horticultural Practices for Cherry Trees in Japan, Connecting Cultures, The Gravity of Desire, and Drawing is the Entrance of Thought – with plant biologists, horticulturists, arborists, Asian Studies scholars, landscape architects, and the general public. The Washington Post, Landscape Architecture Magazine, and other journalistic venues (as well as extensive social media coverage) have published the sketchbooks and the exhibition.

The sketchbooks reveal the broad range of scholarship on sakura: botanical, ecological, cultural, aesthetic, philosophical, urbanistic, political, economic, etc. The fellowship during which the sketchbooks were completed provided an opportunity to research and record the complexity and richness of all these aspects of sakura and their significance in the culture of Japan. Conversations with noted horticulturists, gardeners, foresters, cultural historians, chefs, and others enriched the research. The sketchbook entries also document the role of urban rites and rituals — such as hanami (cherry blossom viewing festivals), remembrance and passage (the coincidence of school graduations with blossoming times), and seasonality (expressed in food and fashion) — that are centered on the blossoming of the cherry trees.

No flower falls to the ground as beautifully as the petals of the sakura.

Project Credits

Dr. Richard Olsen, Director, United States National Arboretum

Kathleen Emerson-Dell, Museum Specialist and Curator of the Sakura Orihon Exhibition, United States National Arboretum

Travis Rothe, Graphic Design

Jiaming (Jamie) Sun, Graduate Assistant, Illinois Institute of Technology

Bian Simin, Research Assistant and Visiting Scholar, Illinois Institute of Technology

Hans Friedl, Graduate Assistant, Illinois Institute of Technology