Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

(Japanese, 1916–1985)

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

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

YAMA (Mountain)

Price on Request

sugi (cedar) by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

SUGI (cedar)

Price on Request

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

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

Tori (bird), 1976

Sold

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

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

Shoku 属 (to belong to, to pay attention to), 1966

Price on Request

hana - flower, mandarava (sanskrit), heavenly blossom by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

Hana - flower, mandarava (Sanskrit), heavenly blossom, 1970

Price on Request

kantan-fu (exclamation mark) #79 by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

KANTAN-FU (exclamation mark) #79, 1983

Sold

kantan-fu (exclamation mark) #55 by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

KANTAN-FU (Exclamation mark) #55, 1983

Price on Request

ume (a plum blossom) by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

Ume (a plum blossom), 1966

Price on Request

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), 1966

Sold

nei (calm; nara, the capital of japan in the 8th century) by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

Nei (calm; Nara, the capital of Japan in the 8th century), 1971

Price on Request

ryû - dragon by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

Ryû - Dragon, 1978

Price on Request

gô - samurai, hero by inoue yuichi (yu-ichi)

Inoue Yuichi (YU-ICHI)

Gô - samurai, hero, 1961

Price on Request

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)