紙にインク, 210mm × 297mm, 2002年 ／ Ink on Paper, 210mm × 297mm, 2002.

別雷／わけいかづち

京都の上賀茂神社の御祭神。賀茂の別雷の命。「別」の字は、通常の解釈では「すばらしい」という形容詞的意味にとるが、この神社の近くにお住まいの元琴平宮の宮司さんのお話によれば、「電気の働きを＋と−に別ける」という動詞的な解釈になるとのこと。この世界を生成する働き。「神様の常におられる神社ではありません。」とも語られた。

Wakeikadzuchi

Wakeikadzuchi is the name of the enshrined deity of Kamigamo Shrine of Kyoto. By the normal interpretation, "ikadzuchi" means "thunder". And the word "Wake" means "splendid" by the interpretation of the adjective. So, totally, "Wakeikadzuchi" means "especially strong thunder" usually. However, there is another interpretation by a Shinto priest living in near this Shrine. He was the main priest of Kotohira-gu in Shikoku, and his interpretation is verbal. According to him, the word "Wake" means "to make a division". So totally, "Wakeikadzuchi" means "to divide the function of electric working to plus and minus ". In other words, it means that this world is produced by this work. In addition, he talked as follows. "This Shinto shrine is not the Shrine where God always is".