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Kyūyō Ishikawa

いしかわ きゅうよう

Ishikawa Kyuyo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1945-01-13 (Awatabe, Imadate District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan (now Awatabe, Echizen City))
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Calligrapher, Calligraphy Historian, Visiting Professor
Active Years
1967-
Affiliations
Visiting Professor, Kyoto Seika University, Director, Institute for the Study of Civilization of Writing, Kyoto Seika University
Influenced By
Kimura Sogaku, Sugimoto Chouun, Kakiuchi Yōseki

Education

Kyoto University Faculty of Law
Faculty of Law / Department of Law
Degree: Bachelor of Law
Period: 1963-1967
Year of Graduation: 1967
Country: Japan

Awards

Suntory Academic Award
1990
Work: The End of Calligraphy
Organization: Suntory Foundation
Result: Winner
Kyoto Prefecture Cultural Award
2000
Category: 功労賞
Organization: Kyoto Prefecture
Result: Winner
Japan Cultural Design Award
2002
Result: Winner
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
2002
Work: History of Japanese Calligraphy
Organization: Mainichi Newspapers
Result: Winner
Kyoto Shimbun Grand Cultural and Academic Award
2003
Organization: Kyoto Shimbun
Result: Winner
Osaragi Jiro Prize
2009
Work: Modern History of Calligraphy
Result: Winner
Sato Keinosuke Award
2015
Organization: Japan Typography Association
Result: Winner
Kyoto City Cultural Merit
2021
Organization: Kyoto City
Result: Winner

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