Jiyuseki.net

Japanese artist Hirotoshi Ito‘s family has been involved in stone work since 1879. So he grew up surrounded by various kinds of stone and work such as stone lanterns and graves tones. Although he was determined to eventually take over the family business, he entered the Metal Work Department of Tokyo University of the Arts. The stimulating encounters with other metal artists in the school, and their work, became the foundation of his way of thinking. Today he carves his sculptures from natural sotnes to make the material appear as if it can be unzipped or sliced with a butter knife.

Using rocks he finds near his home in Matsumoto City, Hirotoshi Ito chisels tiny caverns that he lines with clasps or simple fasteners. He then tucks miniature objects like teeth, a collection of seashells, and futuristic scenes into those pockets, creating surreal and intriguingly deceptive scenarios in the span of a few inches.

He explains that respecting and utilizing the natural characteristics of original material is a very old and important aspect of Japanese culture. There is a concept of creativity known as mitate, which involves creating new values by taking something that holds certain significance in one context and placing it in a different context. A typical example is the raked gravel in a temple garden that resembles flowing water. So as a contemporary artist, he feels that such ancient Japanese concepts are deeply embedded in his DNA.

More information can be taken from his website which is honoured by receiving The Web Award today.

ABOUT THE WEBSITE:

Domain Name: jiyuseki.net
-Creation Date: 2016-02-18
-Registrar: Network Solutions
-Registrar IANA ID: 2

Server IP: 185.230.63.171
-ASN: AS58182
-ISP: Wix.com Ltd.
-Server Location: Ashburn Virginia USA

Technologies;
-CMS: Wix
-Blog: Wix
-JavaScript Libraries: Lodash, Polyfill
-JavaScript Frameworks: Prototype, React
-Content Delivery Network: GStatic
-Web Hosting Providers: Google Cloud
-Name Servers: Wix DNS

Profile;
-Title: Jiyuseki
-Description: Introduction of original works produced by Hirotoshi Ito
-Keywords: art, rock, stone, zip

Traffic;
-Alexa Rank: 5,031,109
-Daily Unique Visitors: 296
-Monthly Visits: 9,324
-Pages per Visitor: 1.00
-Daily Pageviews: 296

Page Speed – Desktop: 97
-First Contentful Paint 0,6 sn.
-Time to Interactive 1,9 sn.
-Speed Index 0,9 sn.
-Total Blocking Time 20 ms.
-Largest Contentful Paint 1,1 sn.
-Cumulative Layout Shift 0

Page Speed – Mobile: 72
-First Contentful Paint 2,2 sn.
-Time to Interactive 5,0 sn.
-Speed Index 2,7 sn.
-Total Blocking Time 120 ms.
-Largest Contentful Paint 4,8 sn.
-Cumulative Layout Shift 0,002

Compression: Gzip
-Original size: 286.83 KB
-Compressed size: 90.42 KB
-File reduced by: 196.41 KB (68%)

Security & Trust Report;
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-Comodo: Clean
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-FraudScore: Clean
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-Phishing Database: Clean
-Malwared: Clean
-Nucleon: Clean
-Sophos: Clean
-Baidu: Clean
-Tencent: Clean

SSL Check: Website supports HTTPS
-Common Name: jiyuseki.net
-Certificate Issuer: Let’s Encrypt
-Certificate Type: R3
-Issued On: 2022-06-17
-Signature: sha256WithRSAEncryption
-Website has no mixed content.
-SSL Certificate is installed correctly.

WEBSITE SCORES BY THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE JURY:

• Content: 92%
• Usefulness: 90%
• Design: 89%
• Creativity: 92%
• Usability: 88%
• Responsiveness: 72%

AND THE AWARD GOES TO:

Today’s Web Award goes to Jiyuseki.net, thanks to its excellence in quality, originality, design and content.
Congratulations.

Website Address: https://www.jiyuseki.net/

© Copyright & Credits: Hiroshi Ito