Searching for a New Culture of Calligraphy

The inkstone industry of Ogatsu, in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture once accounted for 90% of the production of Japanese inkstones. However, the industry began to decline in the latter half of the Showa period (1926-1989), and was handed a devastating shock by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Furthermore, with the simplification of calligraphy methods, the original form and meaning of the inkstone is becoming forgotten by the calligraphy world.
With the reestablishment of Ogatsu inkstones, this project was started to search for the ideal in writing implements and for a new culture of calligraphy.

Concept of the Project for the Rebirth of the Ogatsu Inkstone