Sosekido

The school Sosekido (素石堂) was formed by my sensei, Unkotsu Komine (小峰雲骨) many years ago. I was 13 years old when I first met him, and it was the beginning of my long-time calligraphy path.

The 21st Japanese Speech Contest in Madrid

The 21st Japanese speech contest was held in Madrid in January 2010. I made a collaboration of Shakuhachi player, Antonio Enzan Olías and the singer….

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New Year Cards 2014 are available

2013 is nearly to the end. People will soon (or already) start running around for the Christmas preparations. In Japan, Christmas has been…

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Neon Calligraphy at Japanisches Event at Fellini Gallery in Berlin

On the 15th of November, there was an event, Japanishces Event at Fellini Gallery in Berlin. There was a little shop selling Urushi cups and bowls….

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Juju Kurihara in Mango Salute Magazine

Mango Salute is an online magazine where you can find many greeting cards for every occasions. There are also interesting articles mainly about…

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Japanisches Event in Berlin in 2013

Hello everyone. I hope you are enjoying this autumn moment before we enter the really severe winter season, well at least for Berliners….

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Calligraphy shop, Gyokusen-do – 玉川堂

One of the best things about being in Japan is there are so many calligraphy shops. Comparing to a decade ago, less people…

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Beiju is 88 years old

I received a phone call from my mother a week ago. She told me that my grandma will be 88 years old in…

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Visitor from Italy

Early this month, I had an enthusiastic calligrapher visited from Italy. Paolo Marino is a calligrapher and also an Aikido-ka. He travels a lot…

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July´s task – Kaisho Advanced

Sosekido has already started practicing July´s task. Let´s begin with Kaisho (楷書)  for advanced level. You can read this poem as “洲渚遠く陰映し (Shuusho tooku…

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Japanisches Sommerfest in 2013 – Thank you for comming

The 15th of June, unlike the last year, it was a warm sunny day. All my works arrived at the club house where…

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