Aoki Shuzo’s 3rd Edition for 2022 has released an absolutely beautiful Junmai Daigenjo-shu in commemoration for its artist of the year Ms. Ayano Otake. This nihonshu is brewed using a premium rice grain called Omachi which has a beautiful roundness and acidity that makes you drink it slowly on its own or with a fish dish. The artist is renowned for painting beautiful depictions of Japanese women in natural form. This style of painting is similar to an art called Bijinga, or the art form denoting the beauty of Japanese females. She is a Japanese painter born in Saitama Prefecture.
Ms. Otake holds a Ph.D in Fine Arts from Tokyo University and is brilliant in mind and in spirit. Many of the themes in her artwork focus on depictions of refined Japanese beauty, which is befitting of nihonshu brewed by Aoki Shuzo in my opinion. Many of Ms. Otake's paintings accentuate the skin tones and lines of kimono with powerful depictions. In my opinion, nihonshu has always been brewed for the gods in the likeness of Japanese female beauty.
In my opinion, nihonshu has always been brewed for the gods in the likeness of Japanese female beauty. Having visited Aoki Shuzo in Niigata, I have fond memories of this delicious Kakurei brands, but also the snow country where this sake was made. Everything about it imbues the Bijinga. There is an old proverb "white skin covers the seven flaws" (色の白いは七難隠す, iro no shiroi wa shichinan kakusu), which refers to a white-skinned woman being beautiful even if her features are not attractive.
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