Hi, everyone:) Thank you for visiting my profile.
I grew up in a small town in western Japan surrounded by beautiful rice fields and mountains.
I started learning calligraphy when I was six years old.
When I was a primary school student, I participated in local calligraphy and arts competitions and shows and won a few grand prizes from the association.
Since I moved to Kobe to study at university, I have been working as a Japanese, English, and Abacus teacher at a cram school.
While I was working there, I first met my current calligraphy master (sensei).
Since I wanted to become a Grand Master Calligrapher, I started learning it again.
I have 20 years of experience taught by two Japanese Certified Grand Masters.
I have been working on calligraphy assignments and participating in a monthly association competition.
I was so grateful for having an opportunity to show my artwork at the Calligraphy Association Exhibition in Japan in 2023.
Calligraphy is my passion, a meditation, a way of expressing myself, and a source of reminiscing about my home country.
- Calligraphy is traditional line art created on Washi paper with Sumi ink and brushes.
We believe calligraphy was introduced to Japan from China between the sixth and seventh centuries (during the Asuka and the Nara era).
Starting with transcribing the Heart Sutra (an original form of calligraphy done with a thin brush) came with Buddhism. The production of calligraphy brushes and washi paper also began around that time.
Calligraphy used to be one of the essential skills for the Samurai and the aristocracy.
With the changes of times (as with other cultures and art), it spread among ordinary people.
Calligraphy Schools and School Calligraphy Education helped to show the importance of keeping our culture and passing it on to the next generation.
It has become part of Japanese culture, such as the first calligraphy of the year.
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田園風景の美しい小さな町で生まれ育ち、５歳の時から硬筆を、６歳で書道を始めました。
小学６年間書道教室に通った後、大学進学により神戸市に移り住んでから、塾にて国語、英語、そろばんの講師をしていた際に、現在の師匠にお会いしました。
その時以来、先生の熱心なご指導の元、今日に至るまでの間、書道に取り組んで来ました。
書道は私にとって情熱を持って取り組める物の一つであり、自己表現の手段の一つでもあり、時には心を鎮める瞑想であり、何よりも美しい故郷の日本を思い起こす上では欠かせない材料でもあります。
20年間で培って来た経験を元に、更なる向上を目指して、今後とも邁進して参ります。
2024
Thick brush Kanji writing (Associate Grand Master Calligrapher/ Jun-Shihan) / 漢字規定 (準師範)
Kanji classical literature writing with observing examples (Associate Grand Master Calligrapher/ Jun-Shihan) / 古典臨書 (準師範)
Kanji and Kana mix Thin brush writing (Japanese Certified Grand Master Calligrapher/ Qualified Teacher/ Shihan) / 細字 (師範)
Kanji and Kana mix pen writing (Japanese Certified Grand Master Calligrapher/ Qualified Teacher / Shihan) / ペン字 (師範)
*Dan-degree comes after ten steps of the Kyu degree. It shows a similar meaning to holding a black belt for Karate. It works up from 1st to 7th, then Associate Grand Master (Jun-Shihan) degree comes before the final grading of the Grand Master (Shihan) degree in my calligraphy association. The system could be various depending on which association you are learning.