Profile
Kenjiro Kawashiro
川 代 健 次 郎
I was born in Nara Prefecture, Japan in 1986.
I am an artist who does SHODO, Japanese calligraphy using a brush. Among SHODO, the art that I do is called "KANA SHODO".
KANA is a character that was written a long time ago in Japan.KANA SHODO is the art of writing poetry using those characters.
These works use poems written by famous Japanese poets, not my own.Regarding the content of the poem, I have tried my best to translate it into English, but I am sorry that it is not sufficient.
I express the world view of the poem with old cloth, paper, and writing style.
I hope that you can use the English translation as a hint to imagine how I express the world of poetry.
■ Awards
Selected for the reorganized 7th, 9th, 10th, and 11th Nitten Exhibitions
Specially selected at the 36th and 37th Yomiuri Calligraphy Exhibition
38th Yomiuri Calligraphy Exhibition, Yomiuri Encouragement Award
40th Yomiuri Calligraphy Exhibition, Yomiuri Shimbun Award
Specially selected at the 73rd and 74th Japan Calligraphy Institute Exhibitions
75th and 76th Japan Shogei Institute Exhibition Special Award
77th and 78th Japan Calligraphy Academy Exhibition Grand Prize
The 29th Seitankai Calligraphy Exhibition, Governor's Award, etc.
■Title Letter
"Kotoka Nakai Farm" paulownia box
(Used by Yosuke Suga Chef SUGALABO)
"Amaichigo Nakai Farm" paulownia box
(Introduced on TV Asahi ) etc.
■ Recent Exhibitions
2021
"The 7th Newly Reorganized Nitten Kansai Exhibition" Osaka Municipal Museum of Art
"The 28th Seitankai Calligraphy Exhibition" Nara Prefectural Cultural Center
"The 37th Yomiuri Calligraphy Exhibition, Tokyo" Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
"The 37th Yomiuri Calligraphy Exhibition Kansai Exhibition" Kyoto City Miyako Messe
"72nd Nara Prefectural Art Exhibition" Nara Prefectural Cultural Center
2022
"The 29th Seitankai Calligraphy Exhibition" Nara Prefectural Cultural Center
"The 38th Yomiuri Calligraphy Exhibition, Tokyo", The National Art Center, Tokyo
"The 38th Yomiuri Calligraphy Exhibition Kansai Exhibition" Kyocera Museum of Art, Kyoto
"The 9th Nitten Exhibition" The National Art Center, Tokyo
"73rd Nara Prefectural Art Exhibition" Nara Prefectural Cultural Center
2023
"The 9th Nitten Kobe Exhibition", Kobe Fashion Museum, Hyogo
"The 30th Seitankai Calligraphy Exhibition" Nara Prefectural Industrial Hall
"The 34th Tenri City Art Exhibition", Tenri City Cultural Center, Nara
"The 39th Yomiuri Calligraphy Exhibition Kansai Exhibition," Miyako Messe, Kyoto
"10th Nitten Exhibition", The National Art Center, Tokyo
"74th Nara Prefectural Art Exhibition", Manyo Cultural Museum, Nara
2024
"The 51st Japanese Calligraphy Exhibition Nara Exhibition" Nara Convention Center
"The 31st Seitankai Calligraphy Exhibition" Nara Prefectural Industrial Hall
"52nd Japanese Calligraphy Exhibition Kansai Exhibition" My Dome Osaka
"40th Yomiuri Calligraphy Exhibition Tokyo Exhibition", Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
"The 40th Yomiuri Calligraphy Exhibition Kansai Exhibition" Miyako Messe, Kyoto
"The 11th Nitten Exhibition", The National Art Center, Tokyo
■ Solo exhibitions and session exhibitions
2023
"Introduction", Shiga Prefectural Museum of Art, Shiga
"Udo Takehiro x Kawashiro Kenjiro Exhibition" Art-Space TARN, Nara
"Introduction" at the Kogeikan Gallery Ajimanji, Nara
2024
"Introduction II" Daikanyama Address, Tokyo
"Introduction II" at Nara Kogeikan Gallery Ajimanji, Nara
"Introduction II" Shiga Prefectural Museum of Art
"1986 → Now and Then," Tsubomi, Nara
"Masaaki Nakajima x Kenjiro Kawashiro Two-person Exhibition," Kikusui-ro, Nara