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Xieyi Painting

Xieyi Painting as Visual Poetry – Where Brush Becomes Breath

In the tradition of classical music, great composers often set the verses of poets to melody—transforming emotion into resonance, and word into sound. Just as Schubert gave voice to Goethe’s poetry, or Mahler sculpted vast landscapes of soul through Rückert’s verse, so too can visual art echo the spirit of poetry—not merely illustrating, but breathing its essence into space.
Xieyi painting, or “writing the meaning”, is a form of art that transcends visual realism. Like a poem turned into sound, it turns emotion into ink—into rhythm, flow, silence, and space. It captures the invisible feeling, the spiritual gesture behind a moment, much like a Chopin nocturne captures twilight without showing a single star.
In this sense, Xieyi is not only painting—it is visual composition, an intuitive symphony of energy, breath, and intention. These works do not decorate space—they tune it. They are not images of the external world, but expressions of the inner landscape, just as a Lied or a piano sonata opens a quiet door to the soul.

Talisman

A painting infused with the energy(Qi) of Feng Shui and ancient talismanic symbols.

The Tao Code — this work revives the mystical “Fu diagrams” (talismanic symbols), revered in ancient China as carriers of spiritual power, through a unique contemporary technique.
Each piece embodies the hidden codes within the Taoist philosophical poems The Rootless Tree, expressed in the form of Xieyi painting — a one-of-a-kind canvas artwork that unites symbol, spirit, and art.

Xieyi Talismanic Paintings — Visual Vessels of Qi and Spirit

A talisman is an object believed to hold magical, spiritual, or protective power, often created or consecrated with intention. It may bring luck, protection, healing, energy, or spiritual influence to the person or space it is connected with.
When a Xieyi becomes a “talisman,” it is not just a decorative painting, but a “visual talisman” that moves the energy, adjusts the vibrations of the place, and affects the mind and body of the viewer.
In other words: “Xieyi, which is drawn with intention and symbolism, is not only a “picture,” but also a “working diagram” = a talisman.”
When a Xieyi painting is drawn as a talismanic diagram, it is:
In the Eastern sense, it is a visual feng shui for space that regulates the flow of chi and the five elements of yin and yang.
In the Western sense, it is a talisman painted with intention to activate spirituality.In other words, it is like an open spiritual device that works on space and people.
Talismanic Xieyi paintings are not just symbols. They are energetic tools—bridging spirit and space, inviting harmony, clarity, and transformation.

MUGOKU Creation by MASAKI WAKABAYASHI

Tao Chord Coordinator・Xieyi Artist・A painting infused with the Qi of Feng Shui and ancient talismanic symbols.

In my childhood, I was captivated by the painted backdrops of Kabuki theater.
These stage paintings depicted every phenomenon within the story’s scenes, endowing both the beauty and the drama with a mysterious power.
From nothingness, a single brushstroke would summon all things into being, and the painter’s intent—the movement of the heart—would spread throughout the stage and the audience.
People became absorbed in that world, drawn into the vortex of the actors’ performances.
Through these early experiences, and under the guidance of painters at the Kabuki-za, Masaki Wakabayashi came to understand the art of expressing intent through painting—the creative technique of forming a world that embraces all things.
He later mastered this discipline under Daoist sages.
Mukyoku Creation is the artistic practice born to bring this Xieyi expression into the world.

Mugoku Mark

In the philosophy of the Dao, Wu Ji (the Limitless) is that which contains all things, yet is itself devoid of all things. From Wu Ji arises Yin and Yang, forming Tai Ji (the Great Ultimate), which in turn gives birth to the Four Symbols, the Eight Trigrams, and all phenomena of existence.
Xieyi painting is an art that expresses this unfolding of manifestation from Wu Ji through brush and ink—it is both a talisman and, within spatial context, a form of feng shui.
This concept is symbolized by the black ring of this logo.

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Creation

　It explains the creative process and principles of Xieyi Painting.

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〇　Concept of Mugoku Creation by MASAKI WAKABAYASHI

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　We introduce the philosophy of the Xieyi painting・The Rootless Tree.

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〇MUKYOKUKAN：External site

MUGOKU Creation by MASAKI WAKABAYASHI

Tao Chord Coordinator・Xieyi Artist・A painting infused with the Qi of Feng Shui and ancient talismanic symbols.

In my childhood, I was captivated by the painted backdrops of Kabuki theater.
These stage paintings depicted every phenomenon within the story’s scenes, endowing both the beauty and the drama with a mysterious power.
From nothingness, a single brushstroke would summon all things into being, and the painter’s intent—the movement of the heart—would spread throughout the stage and the audience.
People became absorbed in that world, drawn into the vortex of the actors’ performances.
Through these early experiences, and under the guidance of painters at the Kabuki-za, Masaki Wakabayashi came to understand the art of expressing intent through painting—the creative technique of forming a world that embraces all things.
He later mastered this discipline under Daoist sages.
Mukyoku Creation is the artistic practice born to bring this Xieyi expression into the world.

Creation by Heaven conceives, Earth nurtures, and Humanity harmonizes.

In Xieyi painting, I blend Heaven’s talismanic energy and Earth’s geomantic breath — bringing their union into the human world as Tai, the Great Harmony.

Please see “Creation” for details.

Mugoku（Wu Ji）

In the philosophy of the Dao, Wu Ji (the Limitless) is that which contains all things, yet is itself devoid of all things. From Wu Ji arises Yin and Yang, forming Tai Ji (the Great Ultimate), which in turn gives birth to the Four Symbols, the Eight Trigrams, and all phenomena of existence.
Xieyi painting is an art that expresses this unfolding of manifestation from Wu Ji through brush and ink—it is both a talisman and, within spatial context, a form of feng shui.
This concept is symbolized by the black ring of this logo.

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Talisman

A painting infused with the energy(Qi) of Feng Shui and ancient talismanic symbols.

The Tao Code — this work revives the mystical “Fu diagrams” (talismanic symbols), revered in ancient China as carriers of spiritual power, through a unique contemporary technique.
Each piece embodies the hidden codes within the Taoist philosophical poems The Rootless Tree, expressed in the form of Xieyi painting — a one-of-a-kind canvas artwork that unites symbol, spirit, and art.

Xieyi Talismanic Paintings — Visual Vessels of Qi and Spirit

A talisman is an object believed to hold magical, spiritual, or protective power, often created or consecrated with intention. It may bring luck, protection, healing, energy, or spiritual influence to the person or space it is connected with.
When a Xieyi becomes a “talisman,” it is not just a decorative painting, but a “visual talisman” that moves the energy, adjusts the vibrations of the place, and affects the mind and body of the viewer.
In other words: “Xieyi, which is drawn with intention and symbolism, is not only a “picture,” but also a “working diagram” = a talisman.”
When a Xieyi painting is drawn as a talismanic diagram, it is:
In the Eastern sense, it is a visual feng shui for space that regulates the flow of chi and the five elements of yin and yang.
In the Western sense, it is a talisman painted with intention to activate spirituality.In other words, it is like an open spiritual device that works on space and people.
Talismanic Xieyi paintings are not just symbols. They are energetic tools—bridging spirit and space, inviting harmony, clarity, and transformation.

Xieyi Painting

Xieyi Painting as Visual Poetry – Where Brush Becomes Breath

In the tradition of classical music, great composers often set the verses of poets to melody—transforming emotion into resonance, and word into sound. Just as Schubert gave voice to Goethe’s poetry, or Mahler sculpted vast landscapes of soul through Rückert’s verse, so too can visual art echo the spirit of poetry—not merely illustrating, but breathing its essence into space.
Xieyi painting, or “writing the meaning”, is a form of art that transcends visual realism. Like a poem turned into sound, it turns emotion into ink—into rhythm, flow, silence, and space. It captures the invisible feeling, the spiritual gesture behind a moment, much like a Chopin nocturne captures twilight without showing a single star.
In this sense, Xieyi is not only painting—it is visual composition, an intuitive symphony of energy, breath, and intention. These works do not decorate space—they tune it. They are not images of the external world, but expressions of the inner landscape, just as a Lied or a piano sonata opens a quiet door to the soul.

You can purchase the works here:
〇Mukyokukan：: External site

The Rootless Tree Japanese Edition – Book Cover

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