Tokyo life starting with painting

Chapter 281 Isn’t this too bullying? (8000 words!)

Whaling by the Japanese is actually a rather strange thing, because basically the Japanese don’t eat whale meat, and 70 to 80% of the Japanese have never even seen whale meat. The demand for whale products is huge. The same is true, there is simply not such a big demand in Japan.

So this begs the question, why do the Japanese hunt whales?

This issue is actually quite simple. In fact, Japan wants to protect its maritime rights and interests through whaling.

As we all know, Japan is an island country, and marine resources are vital to Japan. Whaling is an act of declaring rights. Since Japan can hunt whales in this sea area, it also means that they can catch other marine life and even develop seabed mineral resources. . Japan needs people's attention. If things go on like this, international public opinion will acquiesce to this kind of offshore fishing behavior, and Japan will achieve its goal. It can continue to hunt whales shamelessly. Similarly, even if it does not catch whales, it can still exploit the seabed. Resources – Standard gangster routine.

However, this ocean-going whaling trip was obviously unsatisfactory. Higashinoji and the others were not allowed to board the fishing boat, but were taken to a nearby fishing depot to watch whales.

The reason is also very simple.

Because the process of whaling is very bloody, it is not suitable for Chihaya Higashino and others to watch.

According to the fishermen Higashinoji communicated with, after the whale gun penetrated the whale's body, the whale was not completely dead at this time, so the fishing boats would drag the whale around on the sea surface until it died of exhaustion.

During this process, the whale's blood will gush out, and its blood can dye the seawater red for more than ten kilometers.

This reason was beyond Higashinoji's expectations, but it was also reasonable.

Leaving aside Konoe Ryoka and the others, Higashino Chihaya would definitely not be able to stand the excitement of such a bloody scene.

So after much deliberation, Higashinoji could only give up accompanying Higashino Chihaya, and said that if Takahashi Yumi and Fujiwara Aoi still wanted to watch whaling, he could communicate with the fishermen again.

After hearing the cruel and disgusting scene described by the fishermen just now, Takahashi Yumi and Fujiwara Aoi opened their mouths. They also felt that they could not accept it physically and said that they did not need to watch live whale hunting.

Since no one is willing to go, the next thing is very simple.

Higashinoji took Takahashi Yumi, Fujiwara Aoi and the others to the fishing depot to see the whale - it was indeed quite big. Takahashi Yumi and the others were so amazed that they even went up and touched the whale's skin.

As for the rest...? Not much else. At most, Higashinoji took them to have a whale meat meal.

I have to say that whale meat is not particularly delicious. The meat is fishy, ​​and the meat has the feeling of firewood. It does not taste like regular fish, but has the feeling of pork. Several little girls ate it a bit. Not used to it.

This thing was just a curiosity at best, and Touyoshi couldn't help but shake his head.

It seems that the whaling tour is just a gimmick at best. I didn’t get anything during the trip and almost broke my leg.

In the car on the way back, Chihaya Higashino touched her head, obviously not reacting yet: "Is this the end? It feels like the whale is just beautiful and nothing else."

Indeed, as Higashino Chihaya muttered, watching the whales this time was not much trouble at all. He just spent half an hour in the fishery, then ate a meal of whale meat and then nothing else.

It was only around two o'clock in the afternoon. Going back to the hotel directly was not only Higashino Chihaya and the others who felt unenjoyed, but also Higashino Tsukasa.

So Higashinoji thought for a moment and said, "Actually, besides whales, there is another place I want to see."

He remembered that the Aomori Prefecture New Century Branch Association welcomed tourists to visit, and there were many works painted by local members.

The most important thing is that Higashinoji also agreed to Kageyama Bunta. It would be better to at least go and have a look and give the other party some respect.

But how should I put it? Chihaya Higashino and Yumi Takahashi are not the kind of people who can calm down and appreciate works of art. Whether they want to go there or not is still two different things.

He hesitated for a moment, and finally told Chihaya Higashino and the others about the matter directly: "To sum up, I want to go to the New Century Art Association in Aomori Prefecture."

"Go to the Art Association?"

What Higashinoji didn't expect was that Takahashi Yumi's eyes suddenly lit up and she seemed to be very interested.

This surprised Tonoji. Is it possible that Yumi Takahashi is still interested in art?

"If I join this art association, you can tell my friends in the kendo club that I'm not an idiot, right?"

"." Higashinoji.

Well, it turns out that Yumi Takahashi regarded going to the Art Association as a way to brag.

But that's okay, at least she's willing to go.

Higashino thought and turned his attention to Fujiwara Aoi.

The little girl wearing glasses did not refuse, but was actually somewhat interested: "I want to take a look too. Anyway, I have nothing to do when I go back now."

As for Chihaya Higashino and Ryoka Konoe.

The two of them didn't even need to ask, they simply said that they would go wherever Higashinoji went.

These little girls are willing to follow Higashinoji. To be more precise, they have already acquiesced in Higashinoji's choice.

After all, they have been getting along with each other for so long, and Higashino basically knows everything accurately, which leads them to unconsciously rely on Higashino a little bit.

and--

"Teacher Higashino? Will you be able to draw by then?"

Walking on the road, Takahashi Yumi asked Higashinoji next to her a little curiously.

She had usually seen Higashinoji draw comics, but she had no impression of traditional art at all, so she asked.

"Well, let's talk about it when we have a chance. But I probably won't have the chance to appear." Higashinoji couldn't help but smile.

"Huh? I thought it was like the kendo fighting style in the TV series. The opponent first took out an oil painting, and then Mr. Higashino painted a better oil painting on the spot and took it directly!" Yumi Takahashi gestured , said seriously.

What does this guy think of an oil painting? The word "kick-off" comes up.

Higashino was overjoyed and laughed several times before explaining some common sense about oil painting to her.

The frame and canvas must be prepared in advance and painted white and allowed to dry, and the frame must not dry out or be damaged.

After explaining this series of steps, Takahashi Yumi felt her head was swollen, and she opened her mouth with surprise on her face - she had never done an oil painting before, so she had no idea that there were so many troublesome things to do.

A few people chatted and laughed, walked through the residential area, and went straight to the destination of their trip, in front of the Aomori Prefecture New Century Art Branch Association.

This is a standard art museum type building with a small entrance square, parking lot, and main museum.

It is said that this place used to be a local art museum in Aomori Prefecture, but due to poor management by the director of the art museum, it cooperated with the New Century Art Association and became a branch association. Now it remains here as a semi-public facility.

The small square in front can also be used at will. At this time, there are still many members of the branch association painting with easels.

This made Takahashi Yumi interested, and she ran directly behind a woman who was holding an easel and painting on the canvas.

After all, she just listened to Higashinoji talking about so many things about art, so she was naturally a little curious.

only.

Takahashi Yumi just glanced at it twice and ran back with a disappointed look on her face: "The painting is not particularly good-looking."

"Isn't this natural?" Higashinoji said a little funny: "Many people paint just as a hobby, and not everyone has the skills of a professional painter. Let's go to the art museum and take a look. The works that can be exhibited should be The quality is pretty good.”

With that said, he took Takahashi Yumi and the others into the art museum.

The fees for this art museum are very cheap, and the admission fee is only 200 yen (half price for students), which is basically half the price.

It can be seen that this branch association also wants to seriously create some artistic atmosphere in Aomori Prefecture. At the beginning, there are many photos on the wall of cooperation with XXX Art School in XX, or of XX professional painters coming to visit.

After walking through this wall of achievements, Higashinoji and the others officially entered the main building.

This small art museum is indeed not as wealthy and grand as Higashinoji's National Museum of Art in Tokyo. Generally speaking, there are very few outstanding paintings, and there are only a few works by professional painters. Most of them are the works of local members in Aomori Prefecture - many of them Drawings by some high school teacher members.

Higashinoji even saw the name of the art teacher at Aomori High School where Konoe Rinka studied.

Konoe Ryoka also raised her head and glanced at the paintings on the wall several times. Unlike Higashinoji, she was born with a humble personality. Even if some of the paintings were not as outstanding as hers, she still admired them quietly and seriously without saying a word. The word 'no'.

Most of the works here are still in the stage of copying and landscape painting. Higashinoji looked at them twice and then looked away. He felt that the art museums here in Aomori Prefecture were still not as good as Tokyo, the heart of Japan.

The quality of the works is a bit low, and there are no innovative painting techniques. There is not much need for Higashinoji to learn.

He sighed there.

On the other side, Yumi Takahashi, Chihaya Higashino, and Aoi Fujiwara were different. They had no foundation in art, and they were looking around and checking around with great interest. They were obviously very interested in the landscape paintings on the walls.

Especially Chihaya Higashino.

She foolishly thought that Higashino studied art, so it was definitely necessary to see and learn more, so she pulled Higashino around to look at the works hanging on the walls.

Because in her opinion, these works that can be hung up for exhibition must be necessary to study. For the sake of Toyoshi, she also took out her mobile phone and took pictures carefully, for fear of missing something—— There are no precious collections in this art gallery, so photography is allowed.

She even turned her head and said to Higashinoji seriously: "Asi, look at this painting. It should be very nice, right?"

What she showed Higashinoji was a landscape painting, and it happened to be this art museum.

The wall of the museum reflected the light under the sun. What made Higashino feel good was that the other party controlled the color of the reflected light very well, and the color expression was also very good. The whole picture did not look too bright and eye-catching. It won't make people feel "gray" either.

The overall look is obviously different from the surrounding members' paintings.

This made Higashinoji couldn't help but nod his head, smiled and said to Chihaya Higashino next to him: "It's indeed pretty good, but there are still a few obvious flaws."

His words did not sound like reverence, but more like commenting on the painting in front of him.

Higashino Chihaya could nod, feeling that what his brother said was quite reasonable, but if it fell into the ears of others, it would be more or less not good.

For example, take the middle-aged male Aomori High School principal Ishikawa Reizo next to Higashinoji.

Unlike Ryuichi Yoshimine, the principal of Kitajuku High School where Higashinoji studied, Ishikawa Reizan was a person who really liked art. For this reason, he specially made a wall for the students of the school's art department to paint.

Basically, other departments and groups don’t have the same treatment as the Art Department.

Similarly, Reizo Ishikawa is also a member of the Aomori Prefecture New Century Association. He usually likes to draw, and he also likes to visit the art galleries here when he has nothing to do.

The painting in front of Higashinoji happened to be the work painted by the president of this branch association. So I heard the young man next to me smiling and saying to another girl, "It's really good, but there are some obvious flaws." When he was talking, he couldn't help but turn his head and glance at the other party.

He looked at a side face and thought it looked familiar, but he didn't recognize who it was. Besides, the other person was pretty good-looking, and there was an equally good-looking girl next to him.

This made Ishikawa Reizo think that this boy was pretending to be taller in front of this girl.

After all, men are actually like this, especially if they are in love, it is quite normal for them to show off in front of the girl they like.

After all, this young man is too young. Just by looking at his face, Ishikawa Reizan can tell that he is about ten or twenty years old. Can he also know a lot about oil painting?

This is a joke.

Of course, Ishikawa Reizo could only think about these words in his heart. He couldn't possibly walk over with a murderous look on his face just because of such a brief comment and ask the young man to take it back, right?

This is impossible just thinking about it.

After all, reality is not a novel. This young man did not say anything outrageous, he just expressed his own understanding.

With Reizo Ishikawa thinking this way, he planned to go to another exhibition hall.

But before he could drive away, he heard the curious voice of the girl next to the young man: "What about him and Asibi?"

This sentence made Ishikawa Reizo slow down a little.

Then he heard the young man's voice: "Compare with me? Uh"

The other party paused for a moment, seemed to be thinking, and then said: "This is simply incomparable."

This statement made Ishikawa Reizo very satisfied. Although the other party had made rude remarks just now and acted like a critic, when it came to him, he was still quite self-aware.

He accelerated again, preparing to leave here.

Then I heard half of the sentence that the young man behind me had not finished speaking——

"Isn't it too much to bully this author to compare with me?"

Well.

Ishikawa Reizo.

Stopped.