We are pleased to announce that Rihaku Inoue, a calligraphy artist, a consultant of the Japan Calligraphy Museum and a calligraphy professor of the Japan Education Calligraphy Federation, will be displaying her latest calligraphy artworks at the 10th anniversary solo exhibition in USA. She creates a new type of Japanese calligraphy, in which she not only writes with a brush and ink but also incorporates color, such as acrylic paints. She produces her works to present the beauty of “Sho,” instant art, to the world. Japanese calligraphic art is commonly understood to be simply “writing,” but Rihaku believes that this art form is equal or superior to other visual and performing arts. Even if the audience has no knowledge of Japanese characters, she wants this contemporary Japanese calligraphy to stimulate the senses of people across the world, without borders, and reach out to their souls. This is the reason that she attempts to use more three-dimensional, active expressions.

Based in Japan, she is active at numerous solo exhibitions, workshops, and demonstrations domestically and overseas, chiefly in New York.

She has provided calligraphic designs to corporations, including label artwork for Japanese sake manufacturer Hakushika Sake.

She has also designed wall artwork for a New York restaurant, and her wall art at a roadside rest area (Kasaoka Bay Farm) in Okayama Prefecture has been featured on television.   

Calligraphy Workshop on Saturday, December 16th

You will write your wishes for New Year celebration beautifully with a brush and ink on Tanzaku.

*This is an e-ticket.

*Matcha by Souheki Mori included