“A light/A ray - 光”, Acrylic glass top (self-standing), H 25 cm x W 20 cm, Japanese calligraphy interior art, kanji
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Description
Original work by calligrapher Shosen Hamada. The simple acrylic glass frame highlights the masterful brush strokes. The frame is a Moji Gallery original, using a vapour deposit technique to apply acrylic resin to Japanese paper.
【Profile of Shosen Hamada】
Director and member of the judging panel of Shodo Geijutsuin, member of the advisory body of the Mainichi Shodo Association, member of the judging panel of the Aki National Calligraphy Exhibition, director of the National Calligraphy Education Research Society. The work’s transparent sensitivity and masterful lines belong to one of Japan’s leading and unrivalled calligraphers and creators. As one of Moji Gallery’s core calligraphers, he is dedicated to sharing calligraphy as interior design both in Japan and abroad. The supreme quality of his work has been acknowledged not only domestically, but also overseas.
He has been commissioned to write many famous epitaphs, including that of the bronze statue of the “Lion Prime Minister,” Osachi Hamaguchi.
Frame: Acrylic glass top (self-standing)*
Materials: Japanese paper, acrylic board
Dimensions : H 25 cm x W 20 cm
Weight: 1 kg
*Acrylic glass top is a Moji Gallery original new framing technology that vapour deposits acrylic resin on to the surface of the work, removing the need for a frame and achieving ultimate simplicity.
Moji Gallery
https://carremoji.jp
Elevation of Traditional Calligraphy Culture to Interior Art
With the modernization of the lives of Japanese people, there has been a decline in Japanese-style architecture, and the old-fashioned style of hanging scrolls displayed in “tokonoma” alcoves has faded.
The traditional Japanese culture of calligraphy has become less noticeable in our everyday spaces. But it was thought that if modern sensibility and design could be combined with the DNA of traditional calligraphy, it could become interior art that would fit right in to modern spaces. It is on this basis that Carré MOJI was founded in 2002.
In April 2025, Carré MOJI was reborn as Moji Gallery, a new brand that has been further refined.
We will further promote the traditional Japanese culture of calligraphy and sumi ink art to the world and expand the scope of our activities more than ever, and to make calligraphy a standard art form in the world.We will keep taking on new challenges.
Using this art for the purpose of both decoration and viewing stimulates the sensibilities of the viewer from both its visual and literal perspectives. The optimal use of blank space also served to expand the landscapes and scenery that emanates from the works. More than 10 calligraphers from Japan and overseas realized this vision of Moji Gallery. Each is a one-of-a-kind original, framed perfectly to match the characters and the places it will be hung. With many requests for order-made works from luxury hotels, inns, and restaurants, etc. many have commented on how their “spaces have been brought to life with this art.”
There are many variations of Moji Gallery works, to fit various different spaces. But at the centerpiece is the Kanji characters. Many Kanji characters are made up of hieroglyphs, and the sceneries that extend from a single character can be enjoyed like a picture. English language works are also popular for their stylish expression of beautiful calligraphy-quality lines and curves. Moji Gallery’s unique “Mojific” and “Sumific” styles are further abstractions of this form or expression. “Mojific” refers to works of graphic expression based around characters (“moji”), while “Sumific” refers to the free-flying relationship between the calligraphy lines and the ink (“sumi”). Unlike the other works, the Sumi-e black ink works are also distinctive, with a consciousness of interior design unique to Moji Gallery. There are currently new products under development such as the “Tokyo Series” of calligraphy about Tokyo, framed with traditional Tokyo crafts, and hanging scrolls for overseas consumers. These attempts by Moji Gallery to bring the depth of calligraphy to interior art will continue to spread into the future.
