The Noh stage is a place of illusion —
where the invisible world is raised into being
through language, gesture, and form.

 

This work extends that concept to a cosmic scale.

 

The background panels are made of hinoki cypress —
the wood of the Noh stage —
reshaped here into circles.
The circle echoes 円相 (ensō):
a symbol of the universe, of wholeness, of the void.

 

Zeami's concept of 遠見 (enken) —
the distant gaze, the view from far away —
guides the work's structure.
Each of the three devices offers a different vantage point.

 

The first places a glowing sphere at its centre —
the Earth, seen from the Moon.
The viewer is invited to stand on the Moon,
and look back.

 

The second holds both Earth and Moon in view —
the gaze widens.

 

The third fills the space with countless flickering planets —
the universe expanding, endlessly, in every direction.

 

Noh creates worlds through illusion.
Illusion Device extends that act
to the scale of the cosmos —
making visible what only the imagination can hold.