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    Satoshi Nemoto

    Because the heart is like a string, it becomes tangled, unravels, and is tieda new. The Heian aristocracy used their brushes to weave together the myriad layers of their hearts, spinning them into words—but was it no the colors of flowers that most deeply colored those hearts? I imagined that these flowers bloomed as if embroidered by threads of rain, and so I composed this waka.

    Satoshi Nemoto is a Doctor of Calligraphy and a specially appointed lecturer in the Faculty of Letters at Rissho University.

     

    In 2024, he created the title calligraphy and provided calligraphy instruction for the NHK Taiga drama "Hikaru Kimi e" (To You, My Shining Self). His creative activities are diverse, including providing artwork for the watch brand "Grand Seiko" (2018) and holding a solo exhibition in New York (2019). In the free web series "Hitouta no Chaseki" (2020-), he explains the philosophy of waka poetry connected to the tea ceremony and create related works. His recent works also include "Introduction to Heian Kana Calligraphy: How to View and Learn from Ancient Calligraphy" (2023, Yuzankaku) and "The Elegance of Calligraphy: The Aesthetics of Modern Artists" (2021, Shun'yodo Shoten).

     

    Biography

    2026 Provided artwork for the Ginza Wako storefront window display
              Calligraphed the title for the film “Revenge in Kobikicho”
    2025 "flow Satoshi Nemoto Calligraphy Exhibition” at the Ginza Mitsukoshi Gallery
               Calligraphy for the title of the “Kanda Festival”
    2024 “The Work of Satoshi Nemoto” at the Sugioka Kasen Calligraphy Art Museum, Nara City
              “Tracing The Tale of Genji Through Waka: Satoshi Nemoto Calligraphy Exhibition” at the Nihonbashi
              Mitsukoshi Fine Art Gallery
              NHK Taiga Drama “Toward the Shining One”: Calligraphy for the Title
    2019 First Solo Exhibition “flow” Setsugekka East Village, NY
    2018 Calligraphy for the Grand Seiko Relaunch Campaign
     
    Publications
    The Calligraphy of Hon’ami Kōetsu: Harmony with Sōtatsu’s Sketches (2026, Yuzankaku)
    An Introduction to Kuzushi-ji: Reading Through the 10 Rules (2025, Tankosha)
    Tracing "The Tale of Genji" Through Waka: A Collection of Works by Satoshi Nemoto
    (2024, Toi Shobo)
    An Introduction to Heian-Period Kana Calligraphy: How to View and Study Ancient Manuscripts
    (2023, Yuzankaku)
    The Elegance of Calligraphy: The Aesthetics of Modern Artists (2021, Shunyodo Shoten)
     
    Media Appearances
    2025 AERA / “Portraits of the Present”
    2024 NHK “The Vase of Beauty” / “The Beauty of the Heian Period”
               Discover Japan / “A Stay Dedicated to Expressing Japanese Aesthetics Through Waka Poetry”

               Sarai / “Playing with Kanji”

               Fujin Gahō / “Hito no Mori”

              NHK “Sunday Art Museum” / “Kōetsu: The Book of Pleasure”

              NHK “History Detective” / “To the Shining One” Collaboration Special

     

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