In the early Meiji Era, the Nobiru Coast was booming with the construction of Japan's first modern port. However,
only three years after its completion, it was destroyed by a typhoon, and the dream of prosperity brought about by the
massive public project fizzled out. Today, in contrast to the few remaining ruins of the Nobiru Port, a new line of
seawalls has been drawn along the coast. Seawalls continue to be built not only in the affected areas but also along the
coastlines of the Japanese archipelago, and concrete supports our lives in a broad sense (for better or worse). On the
bottom half of two connected receipt rolls, the same sea and seawalls are endlessly stamped with an eraser stamp,
while the top half is a pen drawing of mundane scenes such as mountain ranges, construction site, and nuclear power
plant.