The Golden Imperial Castle (Wonder Matches & Miracle Beads) (2020) 设计 由 Анатолий Жамойдо

Title: The Golden Imperial Castle (Wonder Matches & Miracle Beads)
Series: God in the Palm of the Hand
Artists: Zhamoido Anatolii & Bulba Natalia
Original Design: 2020
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Dimensions:
• Object: 210 mm (diameter) × 130 mm (height)
• Packaging: 210 mm (diameter) × 180 mm (height)
• Weight: 0.82 kg
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Materials:
Medium:
• Eternity
• Matches
• Glue (PVA D3, D4)
• Toothpicks, wood slices (pine?), mixing sticks (birch)
• Wheat straw, incense sticks, sea pebbles
Beads:
• Japanese beads (Toho brand) — 8 colors
• Czech beads (Preciosa Ornela brand) — 4 colors
• Wooden beads
• Microbeads — 9 colors
Crystals and Pearls:
• Swarovski beads — 5 colors
• Japanese beads — 1 color
• Tiger’s eye — 3 varieties
• Beads from other brands — 3 varieties
Rhinestones and Decorative Elements:
• Adhesive Swarovski rhinestones — 3 varieties
• Adhesive rhinestones (other brands) — 2 varieties
• Sequins — 4 types
• Amber — 3 varieties
• Self-adhesive film — 4 colors
Additional Materials:
• Silver and gold wire
• Computer graphics
Packaging:
Protective display case made of acrylic glass
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Conceptual Background:
Shinto, or Shintō (Japanese: “the way of the gods”), is the indigenous spirituality of Japan. At its heart lies a reverence for nature and the divine forces within it. Shinto teaches that many natural objects and phenomena are inhabited by spiritual beings known as kami. A kami may dwell in a tree, a stone, a mountain, a sacred site, or even a natural event such as wind or sunlight.
Some kami are guardians of specific places; others embody vast natural forces, such as Amaterasu Ōmikami, the Sun Goddess. Living in harmony with nature and others is a fundamental principle in Shinto. The cosmos is seen as a unified whole in which kami, humans, and ancestral spirits coexist.
Evil in Shinto is not intrinsic to the human soul, which is originally pure. Instead, evil (Japanese: maga) arises externally, carried by malevolent spirits (magatsuhi) that exploit human weakness. These intrusions are understood not as moral failings but as imbalances or illnesses that must be healed through purification and ritual.
There is no absolute good or evil — only what preserves or disturbs harmony. One must learn to see clearly and act naturally, guided by a purified heart — “a heart like a mirror”. When this clarity is achieved, and a person lives in sincerity and reverence, they draw closer to the kami and align themselves with the natural order of the world.


In the heart of Shinto, a Palace once rose —
From matches, from beads, and from dreams it was composed.
There dwells the Emperor, child of the Sun,
A Diamond whose radiance calls All to come.
This is no game of angles or lines —
But the Path and the Light through the fabric of Time.
The Sun’s own son ascends the high stair,
To greet the dawn goddess — Amaterasu fair.

У серці Cінту колись народився Палац
З сірників, намистинок і мрій.
Там живе Імператор, син Сонця, Алмаз,
Що осяює Все, закликає за Обрій.

Це не гра геометрій, це — Сяйво і Шлях,
Що світять крізь Простір і Час у руках.
Ось Син Сонця йде на терасу,
Щоб вітати Аматера́су.

У стилі класичної японської поезії (із вкрапленнями класичної граматики доби Хейан)
古典風日本語訳（和歌・物語調）:
神道の 御心（みこころ）に咲く 御殿（ごてん）あり
マッチと玉と 夢にて成（な）りし
そこに住むは 日の御子（みこ）なる 皇子（みこ）
光の珠（たま）にて 彼方（かなた）を呼びぬ
幾何の遊びに 非（あら）ず
これは道 これは輝（かがや）き
時と空を 手のひらに 照（て）らし
朝日（あさひ）の神を 迎（むか）え奉（たてまつ）る
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Сучасна японська версія:
かつて神道の中心に 一つの宮殿が生まれた
マッチ棒とビーズと夢でできた宮（みや）
そこに住まうは 太陽の子・皇帝（こうてい）
すべてを照らし 遥かへと導くダイヤモンド
これは幾何学の遊びではなく
光と道そのもの
時空を越えて 掌（てのひら）に届く
天照大神（あまてらす おおみかみ）に 挨拶するため
太陽の皇子は 階（きざはし）を昇る

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