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Moo
n St
udio
fine
japa
nese
sumi
art
Yosh
iko
Moo
n
Stud
io M
oon
Inc
19 N
orth
Mai
n St
reet
H
onea
Pat
h SC
296
54
864-
369-
1605
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stud
iom
oona
rt.c
om
Bor
n in
Kob
e, J
apan
, Yo
shik
o is
tod
ay
one
of J
apan
s im
min
ent
‘Hig
h M
aste
rs’.
Wit
h pa
inti
ngs
so s
urre
al, y
ou c
an fe
el a
w
arm
, gen
tle
bree
ze c
ares
sing
you
r fa
ce
as y
ou g
aze
upon
her
del
icat
e ar
t. Pa
int-
ings
so
quie
t yo
u ca
n he
ar t
he s
ound
s of
Sp
ring
whi
sper
ing
in th
e ai
r...
19 North Main Street Honea Path SC 29654
Ja
pane
se C
allig
raph
y Su
mi-e
Pai
ntin
g A
rtist
in R
esid
ence
Sum
i-e,
in J
apan
ese,
mea
ns
“ink
pai
ntin
g”,
or p
aint
ing
wit
h in
k. S
umi i
nk is
an
art
med
ium
th
at
date
s ba
ck
som
e si
x th
ousa
nd
year
s,
but
evol
ved
into
the
ref
ined
ar
t fo
rm t
hat
is p
ract
iced
to
day
arou
nd t
he 9
th t
o th
e 14
th c
entu
ry.
The
ink
is a
hig
h ca
rbon
mad
e fr
om th
e sm
oke
that
col
lect
s in
the
for
m o
f so
ot
on t
he c
eilin
g of
cav
es w
hile
mak
ing
char
coal
, th
en m
ixed
wit
h a
pine
tre
e re
sin
to f
orm
an
‘ink
stic
k’. T
his
finel
y gr
ound
ink
perm
anen
tly
pene
trat
es th
e pa
per.
.. le
avin
g no
roo
m f
or e
rror
in
fine
Sum
i Art
. Eac
h de
licat
e m
ark
on t
he p
a-pe
r is
of a
sin
gle,
unb
roke
n br
ush
stro
ke...
Yo
shik
o,
havi
ng
won
m
any
even
ts a
nd f
irst
pla
ce a
war
ds,
has
a sp
ecia
l lo
ve
for
Sum
i pa
inti
ng,
and
it s
how
s w
ith
the
grac
e an
d de
licat
e st
yle
in w
hich
sh
e ex
pres
ses
her
thou
ghts
ont
o fr
agile
and
del
icat
e, h
and
mad
e ri
ce p
aper
s..
her
spir
it w
ill n
ow li
ve o
n in
this
pap
er.
As
for
her
Art
, Yos
hiko
con
-ti
nues
to
ga
in
popu
lari
ty,
awar
ds
and
reco
gnit
ion,
w
ith
her
wor
k fin
ding
it's
w
ay i
nto
man
y in
stit
utio
ns,
galle
ries
an
d m
useu
ms
acro
ss t
he U
psta
te a
nd b
e-yo
nd. W
atch
for
her
com
ing
to y
our
area
.
As
muc
h as
Yos
hiko
lo
ves
Art
...
and
as
muc
h as
she
lov
es t
o pa
int..
. Yos
hiko
love
s th
e sp
ecia
l sa
tisf
ac-
tion
and
int
erac
tion
ga
ined
fro
m t
each
ing…
“th
ere
is j
ust
no
sati
sfac
tion
gre
ater
than
wat
chin
g th
e fa
ces
of y
oung
chi
ldre
n as
they
are
lear
ning
art
”.
Yosh
iko
trul
y do
es lo
ve
teac
hing
and
cur
rent
ly
part
icip
ates
wit
h m
any
scho
ols
and
inst
itut
ions
th
roug
hout
Sou
th C
ar-
olin
a an
d ha
s be
en a
m
embe
r of
the
Gov
erno
rs “
Art
ist
in R
esi-
denc
e” p
rogr
am fo
r 14
yea
rs.
Yosh
iko’
s cu
rric
ulum
incl
udes
va
riou
s el
emen
ts o
f A
rt a
nd
Cul
ture
, Kim
ono
and
Tea
Cer
-em
ony,
Su
mi
pain
ting
an
d C
allig
raph
y,
Ori
gam
i, Pa
per
Mar
blin
g an
d pa
per
mak
ing.
Yosh
iko
also
off
ers
“Tea
cher
Wor
k Sh
ops”
an
d w
orks
clo
sely
wit
h lo
cal P
TA’s
. In
addi
-ti
on,
priv
ate
less
ons
and
wor
k sh
ops
can
also
be
sche
dule
d.
For
mor
e de
tails
, in
form
atio
n an
d qu
esti
ons.
. pl
ease
vi
sit m
y W
ebsi
te.
Alt
houg
h C
allig
raph
y w
as b
orn
in C
hina
, it
w
as b
roug
ht t
o Ja
pan
arou
nd t
he 3
rd t
o 4t
h ce
ntur
ies
and
refin
ed b
y th
e Ja
pane
se t
o th
e ar
t as
we
know
it to
day.
Japa
nese
Cal
ligra
phy
is r
ecog
nize
d as
a h
igh
art,
and
the
wri
ting
ins
tru-
men
t in
ca
lligr
aphy
is
a
brus
h, w
hich
com
pact
ly b
un-
dles
the
hai
r of
sev
eral
dif-
fere
nt t
ypes
of
finel
y he
wn
anim
al h
air.
The
tip
of
the
brus
h,
whe
n so
aked
w
ith
ink,
bec
omes
sof
t and
ela
stic
.
Yosh
iko,
bor
n in
Kob
e, J
apan
, be
gan
her
stud
ies
in C
allig
raph
y at
the
nei
ghbo
rhoo
d Te
mpl
e, b
egin
ning
at t
he te
nder
age
of s
ix.
Dur
ing
the
next
20
year
s, Y
oshi
ko t
rain
ed
unde
r th
e w
atch
ful
eyes
and
gen
tle
guid
ing
hand
s of
the
Mas
ters
, A
tsuk
o Fu
kum
asa
of
the
pres
tigi
ous
Sess
hin-
kai
Soci
ety
and
Mr.
Ic
hiro
M
atsu
mot
o,
Shin
saka
iin
of
Eiw
a Sh
odok
ai...
eve
ntua
lly b
ecom
ing
a hi
ghly
ac-
com
plis
hed
“Hig
h M
aste
r” in
her
ow
n ri
ght.
Yosh
iko,
dur
ing
her
care
er h
as m
ade
man
y pr
esen
tati
ons
and
won
man
y aw
ards
, in
both
Ja
pan
and
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es, t
o in
clud
e sp
e-ci
al r
ecog
niti
on fr
om th
e G
over
nor
of J
apan
.
