Tales of the Fiery Pig (Homasubi)
⊛ Tales of the Fiery Pig (Homasubi)
⊛ cut paper + washi / board
⊛ 11.7 x 8.3 in • 297 x 210 mm
⊛ private collection
In a landscape covered with houses built from paper and wood, emergency is spelled f-i-r-e. Well, actually, it's spelled 火.
The guy responsible for looking after the hot stuff was Homasubi, the god of fire. His story is rather short and dark (think about giving birth to a god of fire), but he wasn't a bad guy. Just had a bit of a temper, you know.
Homasubi had a human form, but usually preferred to appear as a fiery boar. Appropriate for someone prone to the occassional temper flare-up. Seeing as this is still the Year of the Boar 亥年 (my year), I wanted to make one more inoshishi piece. It was designed as a companion piece to this Little Piggy. I think this may also be the most monochromatic color piece I've ever done.