高千穂神社奉納
黒龍図縁起

龍は古来、水神様として崇められてきた神獣で、変幻自在です。天高く上り、地に下り、龍が動くことで気流が生まれて地が潤うと信じられていました。黒は、陰陽五行で水を表わす色です。そして祖先を
表わす色でもあります。祖先から続く龍の信仰を今に伝えるために、「黒龍図」を描き表わしました。眼をのみ日本の色である赤で描きましたが、水を大切にする思いから、水を汚すことのない墨という素材を使い、水の流れ、気の流れを描き記し、鱗の一つにまで想いを込めました。
平成二十一年六月

Kokuryu-zu engi
(dedicated to Takachiho Jinja Shrine)

The dragon is a mythical beast that has been admired as a water god, The dragon is versatile and agile, rising high into the sky and diving to the ground. It was believed that air and land hydrated by movements of the dragon. Black is the color symbolizing water in Ying-Yang philosophy, as well as color representing ancestors. The Black Dragon was created to express dragon-worship that was practiced by our ancestors. The eyes were colered red, the color of Japan. However, sumi ink was used to pay respect to the importance of water, due to its characteristic of not contaminating water. The movements of water and of air currents were expressed with close attention to every scale of the dragon.