The piece is 3.5 meters (140 inches) high so I use an industrial step ladder.
I leave the shapes I like and paint over the shapes I don't like. Sticky notes do not damage the surface of the painting.
I will be giving a lecture titled "Higashiyama Kaii and His Art"; at Nagano City Art Center. It will be in the format of a dialogue with the chief priest of Zenkoji Byakurenbo, Mr. Toshitaka Wakaomi. Mr. Wakaomi and I were classmates at the Tokyo University of Art.