The motifs of Katsunobu Kawahito’s paintings often come from natural scenery. He says his relationship with nature can be described by the phrase “to follow as requested.” There is a unique Japanese belief that nature is making request to humans, and he (Katsunobu Kawahito) merely follows those requests. It means that nature is not an object opposed to man to be over come; but, an object that man adapts himself to. A person should paint subject to nature.

In this work, the depiction of these bellflowers was painted by Katsunobu Kawahito in accordance with nature’s request. The poem written by Kakushou Kametani makes this work more refined.