The “6th Michinoku Calligraphers Exhibition” (hosted by the Iroha Calligraphy Association, supported by The Mainichi Newspapers and others), gathering work by calligraphers active in Tohoku, is on at Art Salon Mainichi on the first floor of the Palaceside Building. The exhibition, where you can savor the wonder and pleasure of calligraphy, runs through the 23rd. Admission is free.
Twenty-nine fine works by 29 calligraphers from the four Tohoku prefectures of Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, and Yamagata are on view. The exhibition has been held every other year at Art Salon Mainichi since the first in 2009, but because of the pandemic this is the first in fully four years.
Soyuki Sakamoto, chair of the Iroha Calligraphy Association and a jury member of the Mainichi Calligraphy Exhibition, chose the words of the religious reformer Martin Luther: “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree” = upper photo. Speaking to The Mainichi Newspapers, Sakamoto said, “I asked each calligrapher to give full play to their individuality.”