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Bor

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Kob

e, J

apan

, Yo

shik

o is

tod

ay

one

of J

apan

s im

min

ent

‘Hig

h M

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rs’.

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so s

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ce

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her

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Ja

pane

se C

allig

raph

y Su

mi-e

Pai

ntin

g A

rtist

in R

esid

ence

Sum

i-e,

in J

apan

ese,

mea

ns

“ink

pai

ntin

g”,

or p

aint

ing

wit

h in

k. S

umi i

nk is

an

art

med

ium

th

at

date

s ba

ck

som

e si

x th

ousa

nd

year

s,

but

evol

ved

into

the

ref

ined

ar

t fo

rm t

hat

is p

ract

iced

to

day

arou

nd t

he 9

th t

o th

e 14

th c

entu

ry.

The

ink

is a

hig

h ca

rbon

mad

e fr

om th

e sm

oke

that

col

lect

s in

the

for

m o

f so

ot

on t

he c

eilin

g of

cav

es w

hile

mak

ing

char

coal

, th

en m

ixed

wit

h a

pine

tre

e re

sin

to f

orm

an

‘ink

stic

k’. T

his

finel

y gr

ound

ink

perm

anen

tly

pene

trat

es th

e pa

per.

.. le

avin

g no

roo

m f

or e

rror

in

fine

Sum

i Art

. Eac

h de

licat

e m

ark

on t

he p

a-pe

r is

of a

sin

gle,

unb

roke

n br

ush

stro

ke...

Yo

shik

o,

havi

ng

won

m

any

even

ts a

nd f

irst

pla

ce a

war

ds,

has

a sp

ecia

l lo

ve

for

Sum

i pa

inti

ng,

and

it s

how

s w

ith

the

grac

e an

d de

licat

e st

yle

in w

hich

sh

e ex

pres

ses

her

thou

ghts

ont

o fr

agile

and

del

icat

e, h

and

mad

e ri

ce p

aper

s..

her

spir

it w

ill n

ow li

ve o

n in

this

pap

er.

As

for

her

Art

, Yos

hiko

con

-ti

nues

to

ga

in

popu

lari

ty,

awar

ds

and

reco

gnit

ion,

w

ith

her

wor

k fin

ding

it's

w

ay i

nto

man

y in

stit

utio

ns,

galle

ries

an

d m

useu

ms

acro

ss t

he U

psta

te a

nd b

e-yo

nd. W

atch

for

her

com

ing

to y

our

area

.

As

muc

h as

Yos

hiko

lo

ves

Art

...

and

as

muc

h as

she

lov

es t

o pa

int..

. Yos

hiko

love

s th

e sp

ecia

l sa

tisf

ac-

tion

and

int

erac

tion

ga

ined

fro

m t

each

ing…

“th

ere

is j

ust

no

sati

sfac

tion

gre

ater

than

wat

chin

g th

e fa

ces

of y

oung

chi

ldre

n as

they

are

lear

ning

art

”.

Yosh

iko

trul

y do

es lo

ve

teac

hing

and

cur

rent

ly

part

icip

ates

wit

h m

any

scho

ols

and

inst

itut

ions

th

roug

hout

Sou

th C

ar-

olin

a an

d ha

s be

en a

m

embe

r of

the

Gov

erno

rs “

Art

ist

in R

esi-

denc

e” p

rogr

am fo

r 14

yea

rs.

Yosh

iko’

s cu

rric

ulum

incl

udes

va

riou

s el

emen

ts o

f A

rt a

nd

Cul

ture

, Kim

ono

and

Tea

Cer

-em

ony,

Su

mi

pain

ting

an

d C

allig

raph

y,

Ori

gam

i, Pa

per

Mar

blin

g an

d pa

per

mak

ing.

Yosh

iko

also

off

ers

“Tea

cher

Wor

k Sh

ops”

an

d w

orks

clo

sely

wit

h lo

cal P

TA’s

. In

addi

-ti

on,

priv

ate

less

ons

and

wor

k sh

ops

can

also

be

sche

dule

d.

For

mor

e de

tails

, in

form

atio

n an

d qu

esti

ons.

. pl

ease

vi

sit m

y W

ebsi

te.

Alt

houg

h C

allig

raph

y w

as b

orn

in C

hina

, it

w

as b

roug

ht t

o Ja

pan

arou

nd t

he 3

rd t

o 4t

h ce

ntur

ies

and

refin

ed b

y th

e Ja

pane

se t

o th

e ar

t as

we

know

it to

day.

Japa

nese

Cal

ligra

phy

is r

ecog

nize

d as

a h

igh

art,

and

the

wri

ting

ins

tru-

men

t in

ca

lligr

aphy

is

a

brus

h, w

hich

com

pact

ly b

un-

dles

the

hai

r of

sev

eral

dif-

fere

nt t

ypes

of

finel

y he

wn

anim

al h

air.

The

tip

of

the

brus

h,

whe

n so

aked

w

ith

ink,

bec

omes

sof

t and

ela

stic

.

Yosh

iko,

bor

n in

Kob

e, J

apan

, be

gan

her

stud

ies

in C

allig

raph

y at

the

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d Te

mpl

e, b

egin

ning

at t

he te

nder

age

of s

ix.

Dur

ing

the

next

20

year

s, Y

oshi

ko t

rain

ed

unde

r th

e w

atch

ful

eyes

and

gen

tle

guid

ing

hand

s of

the

Mas

ters

, A

tsuk

o Fu

kum

asa

of

the

pres

tigi

ous

Sess

hin-

kai

Soci

ety

and

Mr.

Ic

hiro

M

atsu

mot

o,

Shin

saka

iin

of

Eiw

a Sh

odok

ai...

eve

ntua

lly b

ecom

ing

a hi

ghly

ac-

com

plis

hed

“Hig

h M

aste

r” in

her

ow

n ri

ght.

Yosh

iko,

dur

ing

her

care

er h

as m

ade

man

y pr

esen

tati

ons

and

won

man

y aw

ards

, in

both

Ja

pan

and

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es, t

o in

clud

e sp

e-ci

al r

ecog

niti

on fr

om th

e G

over

nor

of J

apan

.