Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

(Japanese, 1916–1985)

tô (stupa) by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

Tô (Stupa), 1976

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tori (bird) by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

Tori (bird), 1978

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shoku ( to belong to, to pay attention to) by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

Shoku ( to belong to, to pay attention to), 1976

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yama (mountain/berg) by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

Yama (Mountain/Berg), 1966

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yume (traum) dream by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

Yume (Traum) Dream, 1966

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hana (flower) by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

Hana (flower), 1968

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butsu (buddha) by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

Butsu (Buddha), 1977

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shoku (to belong to, to pay attention to) by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

Shoku (to belong to, to pay attention to), 1976

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hana - flower by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

Hana - Flower

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gaku - high or sacred mountain by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

GAKU - high or sacred mountain, 1961

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kô 哄 (to reverberate, to laugh) by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

Kô 哄 (to reverberate, to laugh)

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kaeru tanjô-sai (frogs birthday), poem by shinpei kusano by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

Kaeru Tanjô-sai (Frogs birthday), poem by Shinpei Kusano

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Biography

Timeline

1916
Born at Asakusa in Tokyo, Japan
1935
Graduated from Tokyo Prefectural Aoyama Normal School (present-day Tokyo Gakugei University)
1971
Published Hana-no-Sho-Cho as the first book of his works
1977
Published Sho by Yu-Ichi 49 -'77
1981
Published Manaita

Exhibitions

2016
A Centennial Exhibition INOUE Yuichi, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan (solo)
2015
Calligraphic Abstraction, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA (group)
The End of Modernity in Calligraphy: From Yuichi Inoue, Lee Ufan to Zhang Yu, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei (group)
Far Yet Close: Calligraphy by Inoue Yuichi, Musée Tomo, Tôkyô, Japan (solo)
Yuichi Inoue, Setouchi City Museum of Art, Okayama, Japan (solo)
Buddha - 108 Encounteres, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany (group)
2013
Contemporary Art and Calligraphy - At the Nexus of Painting and Writing, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum, Seoul, Korea (group)
Sharjah Biennial 11, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (group)
2012
Inoue Yuichi: Painting with All of One’s Heart and the Avantgarde Art of Calligraphy, Karuizawa New Art Museum, Karuizawa, Japan (solo)
2011
The Art of Writing, Kurhaus-Kolonnaden, Wiesbaden, Germany (group)

Literature

Critical biography by Masaomi Unagami: YU-ICHI (Tokyo: Masaomi Unagami, UNAC Tokyo, 2005)
Yu-Ichi Parting Thoughts (Tokyo: Masaomi Unagami, UNAC Tokyo, 1986)
Taka (Tokyo: Masaomi Unagami, UNAC Tokyo, 1982)
Manaita (Tokyo: Masaomi Unagami, UNAC Tokyo, 1981)
Sho by Yu-Ichi 49 -'77 (Tokyo: Masaomi Unagami, UNAC Tokyo, 1977)
Hana-no-Sho-Cho (Tokyo: Masaomi Unagami, UNAC Tokyo, 1971)