Surname: Miyazawa
Given name: Yasumi
Real name: Kenji Yasui
born in Japan September 30th 1969.
Sex: male
Occupation: Japanese calligrapher, Musician, Essayist
In Japan, Yasumi MIYAZAWA is known as a person of Japanese traditional culture.
Japanese calligrapher is his one aspect. He is also writer and musician.
He released some books about Japanese sweets and Buddha statue.
And, as a Japanese traditional musician, he sings "KOUTA"(Ko-Uta) and plays shamisen(Japanese guitar) on some theatre and lounge etc.
Yasumi is in activity on the media, publishing, broadcasting, and live stage, to rediscover a value of the Japanese culture
BIO (mainly Japanese calligraphy)
At age 7, started Japanese calligraphy.
Winner of the YOKOHAMA JAPANESE CALLIGRAPHIC ORGANAIZATION competition.
After that, He began to interested in Music, and played jazz and rock music until 1998.
1999
He restarted calligraphy. The works are influenced by rock and electronica music, drawing not only Japanese but also English and French language.
This web site started. and He has taken many orders from people from all around the world.
Yasumi got shamisen(Japanese guitar) for the first time instead of electric guitar.
2002
"Japan Art Alliance in NY" in Westwood gallery, SOHO, NewYork.
One man exhibition "Wet Music" in Roppongi, Tokyo.
2003
Exhibition in Mitsukoshi dept. store, Ginza, Tokyo.
Exhibition "Four artists met in NY" in Aoyama, Tokyo.
Became a disciple of Ko-Uta(Japanese simple traditional music) master.
2004
Accepted at the Japan Calligraphy Exhibition, Tokyo.
2005
Dance and Body Painging performance, Roppongi, Tokyo.
2006
"Calligrafia" in D'artecon, Ascona, Switzerland.
"Correct selections" in Kyobashi, Tokyo.
2008
One-man exhibition "Japanese sweets and art" in Tokyo, JAPAN.
Solo music live performance "SAKURA" in Tokyo, JAPAN.
Presently, He is working as an artist and having exhibitions and live stages in Japan and Europe.
and also doing as a writer, mainly writing about Japanese arts and foods culture.
LINK:
KoUta Japanese traditional "minimal" music --Yasumi Miyazawa's official site--
