happysyoka ichisaku

Ichisaku is a Japanese calligraphy artist based in Ehime, Japan.

Three years ago, he started his career as a calligraphy artist.

He studied by himself and followed what came from his intuition. He uses a special long tip calligraphy brush and draws strong strokes with thick ink called Kozumi.

His impressive strokes are born from his left hand, which is not his dominant hand. While it gives a unique impact on his work, his view of a unique world is expressed with additional decorations, such as paper collage and gold leaf.

However, why did he suddenly start drawing calligraphy in the first place? If said in one sentence, his message is that “you can be happy too.” By traveling around the world, he was shaken by how few adults feel happy (how few adults actually have their own axis) in Japan.

“What is happiness?” He continuously asks himself this eternal proposition, and then translates the messages that come to him in his work, which he shares to the world.

He hosted a solo exhibition called, “Make happy with ART exhibition (Ehime)” in 2020.

He was published in the “ARTBOOK of selected illustration WaModern 2020.”

He exhibited at the “Contemporary Artist Piece Exhibition 2021 AN MUSEUM X.”