PROFILE

Calligrapher

Inada Sōsai

1949　Born in Uji, Kyoto
1972　Exhibited in a Bokujin exhibition for the first time
1984　Became a Bokujinkai member

The greatest theme for me is
how to move the structure of a script to its utmost.

With the movement of each moment, I continue moving
So that I am not tied down to a motion.

As I become one with my inner breath.
At every moment of movement
While the moves are fresh and new,
The structure of the characters grows even deeper.

From complete self-reflection
My brush begins to rise of its own accord
My brush begins to move of its own accord
This movement is the most difficult of all.

Studied under Morita Shiryū

About Morita Shiryū

1949	Born in Kyoto
1972	Participated in Bokujin exhibition for the first time, showing Trace *Exhibited every year thereafter in the Tokyo (spring) and Kyoto (autumn) Bokujin exhibitions
1972	Exhibited in the Bokujin Kansai exhibition in Kyoto *Works shown every year thereafter in the Bokujin Kansai exhibition in Kyoto
1972	Began studying under Shiryu Morita
1978	Organized the Yaku (“Dance”) Calligraphy exhibition and began publishing the magazine Yaku (“Dance”)
1984	Admitted to the Bokujinkai (People of the Ink Society) for his work Root
1986	Exhibited in the Kyoto Invitational Art exhibition and in several subsequent years
1990	Organized the first Soryū exhibition, which has been held every year until the present, with other students of Morita Shiryū
2000	Presented at the Bokujinkai New Year study meeting on the theme, “How to move to the fullest”
2003	Compiled Rinshosen (Selection of Morita Shiryū’s Exemplary Calligraphic Models), Volume 1 (published by Soryūsha)
2004	Compiled Rinshosen (Selection of Morita Shiryū’s Exemplary Calligraphic Models), Volume 2 (published by Soryūsha)
2005	Compiled Rinshosen (Selection of Morita Shiryū’s Exemplary Calligraphic Models), Volume 3 (published by Soryūsha)
2007	Exhibited in the Sho-no-mori (“Forest of Calligraphy”) exhibition in Kyoto *Works shown every year thereafter in this exhibition
2008	Work shown in the School of Hidai Tenrai exhibition in Saku, Nagano
2009	Exhibited in the World Calligraphy Biennale in Jeonju, Korea
2009	Work shown in the Japan Contemporary Artists exhibition in Girona, Spain
2011	Presented at the Bokujinkai New Year Study Meeting on “Viewing Bokujin works”
2012	Exhibited in the Mono show / M50 Creative Space, Bund1919 in Shanghai, China
2012	Edited Sōki: Morita Shiryū nōto (Recollections and Notes on Shiryū Morita; published by Bokujinkai and Sōryūsha, edited by Inada Sōsai)
2013	Exhibited in the NAU 21st Century Art exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum *Works shown every year thereafter in the NAU 21st Century Art exhibition
2013	Calligraphy commissioned for the Main Gate and Main Hall of Myōkō-ji Temple
2013	Compiled BOKUJIN INADA SŌSAI, Vol. 1
2015	Exhibited in the World Calligraphy Biennale in Jeonju, Korea
2015	Launched website https://inadasousai.com/
2016	Exhibited in the Kyoto Kunst Köln exhibition in Köln, Germany
2017	Exhibited in the Kyoto Kunst Köln exhibition in Kyoto
2019	Held exhibition Works by BOKUJIN INADA SŌSAI at the Museum of Kyoto
2019	Compiled BOKUJIN INADA SŌSAI, Vol. 2
2019	Compiled and edited Morita Shiryū Catalogue Raisonné: 1952-1998 (Morita Shiryu zen sakuhin shu) (published by Sōryūsha)
2023	Held the Morita Shiryū & Inada Sōsai Master-Disciple Exhibition Contemporary Calligraphy Commendation Series Second Edition at the Ginza Nagai Garou Planning
2023	Held the Recent Works Exhibition of Inada Sōsai Move the Structure of Characters at the Kyoto Takashimaya Tsutaya Bookstore
2024	Lecture at Kyoto University of Arts correspondence course

PROFILE

Inada Sōsai

森田子龍

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