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Tanbo art (田んぼアート) is a type of project where people use rice of various types and colors to create a giant picture in rice fields.

Description[edit]

In 1993, in Inakadate, Aomori, as part of a village revitalization project, a rice field was started behind town hall. With the paddy as a canvas, the villagers cultivated and used the various colors of heirloom and modern strains of rice to create a giant picture in the field. Since then, this practice has expanded to other areas as well.

Inakadate initiative[edit]

In places where Inakadate-style tambo art is done, there is a 1.5 hectare paddy on the east side of the village office. Two types of heirloom rice, yellow and purple, are used. In areas where this is done, the brand of rice is called "Tsugaru Roman". Viewing rooms are built in the village office so people can view the paddies. Every year many people visit; in 2007, more than 240,000 people did so. People also volunteer to help with rice planting and reaping.

In 2008, a plan was enacted due to an increase in operating expenses. Under this plan, the lower part of the field was changed from being Daikokuten to the logos of JAL and To-o Nippo, a local newspaper, for a reported 2,000,000 yen. The members of the local landowners' organization, along with the former mayor, protested this, saying that "if the plan to show an advertising pattern is not removed, the land will not be rented next year." By a narrow margin, the village revitalization group voted not to have the advertisements, and the seedlings that were planted were removed.^[1] The people who planted the fields, in turn, protested the removal of the fields.^[2] The plan became a source of antagonism against the mayor during the election season. To-o Nippo did not receive back their portion of the advertising budget, and eventually received 2.4 million yen in reparations.^[3]

Motifs[edit]

Every year there is a motif, and they are usually some form of Japanese art.

2009 - Sengoku military commanders, Napoleon
2008 - Ebisu, Daikokuten
2007 - Hokusai - from Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" and "South Wind, Clear Sky"
2006 - Tawaraya Sōtatsu, "Fujin and Raijin"
2005 - Sharaku - "Otani Oniji", Utamaro - "Anthology of Poems: The Love Section"
2004 - Shikō Munakata - "Two Bodhisattvas and Ten Great Disciples of Shakamuni Buddha" and "Queen Mountain God"
2003 - Leonardo da Vinci, "Mona Lisa"