Yatate and Beyond — The Culture of Writing
The yatate — a brush and an ink-pot joined in a single small case, worn at the waist — traveled everywhere with the writers and merchants of Edo and Meiji Japan. This summer, The Nippon Club welcomes calligrapher Mohri Suzuki from Japan for an exhibition on the yatate and the culture of writing. Please join for the opening talk and reception.
Centered on the Maruyama Collection of Edo-period yatate, held by the Tsubame City Industrial Museum in Niigata, the exhibition sets these historic tools beside the work of three contemporary makers — calligrapher Mohri Suzuki, inkstone master Aoyagi Takashi (fourth-generation of Hōkendō), and glass artist Namatame Reiichi. Working tools, yet graced with metalwork and ornament that still carry the taste of those who once held them. When the tool changes, the writing changes — and what might writing by hand give back?
Admission: Free, Walk-in