Exhibition siteat NW Gallery of Nolin Library

Exhibition site at FL Gallery of Nolin Library

Lecture site, Humanities Building, room 205.Students who are majoring in Japanese attended the lecture

Mr. Onodera explained by using power point

Demonstration was presented by Master calligrapher Choso Kuramoto

Mr. Kuramoto wrote Chinese characters on tee shirts for the students

Many students saw calligraphy being done for the first time and were excited

Mr. Onodero with staff of the University of Colorado

The fifth part of the American tour was held for two weeks at the University of Colorado, in Boulder Colorado, known as a prestigious university in the state. This lecture also began a three-part lecture tour of Colorado. Thirty calligraphy works were displayed at the NW Gallery and FL Gallery of Nolin Library, which is the main library of the institution.  More than 25,800 students attend this university, and most of them visit the library often; therefore we can assume that thousands of students witnessed this exhibit.  We hope that, since the exhibit was held shortly before the exam times, it offered serenity and peace to the students before their tests.

More than 70 people attended the lecture, mainly students majoring in Japanese, and they were most attentive participants. The Master calligrapher Kuramoto spoke intently about his calligraphy, but also introduced humor that was much appreciated by the attendees. He showed three Japanese genre—regular script, engraving script and modern Japanese script. His humor gave the students many laughs, and after the demonstration a long line of students requested that he write a Chinese character on their tee shirts.

We appreciate Professor Hideko Shimizu for her generous help for this exhibition.