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.

Exhibition at Galerie Sievi

A group exhibition at Galerie Sievi in April 2024. Works from Yumiko Umeda, Juju Kurihara.

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Exhibition -Playful-

Sosekido Calligraphy exhibition -Playful- in Berlin

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Calligraphy Workshop -Heart Sutra-

3-day Calligraphy workshop, Heart Sutra in December 2022 in Berlin.

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Product Design -MAEN-

Japanese whiskey, MAEN‘s Enzo circle logo I wrote before COVID has been finally out in the market in Europe.  Maen, which translates to “the perfect…

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Happy New Year, 2023

Happy New Year and 明けましておめでとうございます. It’s a year of rabbit, to be precise 癸卯 (Mizunoto U), which is water rabbit in Ying-Yang five…

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Germany-Japan 160 year Exhibition in Berlin

160 Jahre Japan-Deutschland Ausstellung in Berlin was held from January to September in 2021.

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Japanese Old Name of the Month-April

Uzuki is an old name for April in Japanese.

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Japanese Old Name of the Month-March

It’s already a half way in March and the air is getting soft with the smell of spring.  Yayoi was the name for March…

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Japanese Old Name of the Month-February

February is the shortest month of the year. It’s flown for me. How was it for you? February is the second month and…

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Japanese Old Name of the Month-January

Hello 2022. Before the Gregorian calendar was introduced, Japan used a lunar calendar and each month had a beautiful name. Although the current…

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