Kiisai
He was born in 1965 and is from Tokyo.
Seal engraver. Graduated from Tokyo Gakugei University, Department of Calligraphy. Graduated from Niigata University Graduate School of Art Education. He lives alone deep in the mountains and forests of Okumusashi, embracing the universal beauty of the classics that have passed through the ages and have not been eliminated by the eyes of the times. He is single-mindedly devoted to the creation of his works. The goal is to reach the state of "Soku-ten-kyo-shi". In 1991, he established the seal engraving studio "Kiiisai".
Yumi Akiyama
She was born in 1964 and is from Shimane Prefecture.
Graduated from Niigata University, Faculty of Education, majoring in calligraphy. She is an ink painting artist and has participated in many international exhibitions, including Le Salon (France), and has received many awards. She began his calligraphy career at the age of five, but gradually moved away from traditional calligraphy norms to expressing her feelings with ink. Based on the calligraphic sensibility she has cultivated over the years, she pursues organic "white" and its diversity, which she captures in the context of connections.
