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Nara City Kason Sugioka Museum of Calligraphy

［Tel］0742-24-4111
［FAX］0742-20-6677
［Address］3 Wakido-cho, Nara City

Museum Overview

　Calligraphy has supported our lifestyle and continued to develop since the ancient Nara period when the flower of Tenpyo culture blossomed.
Ink and writing brushes are also traditional industries in the city, and the traditions continue today.
　A Person of Cultural Merits, Kason Sugioka lives in Nara and continues to master the greatest Chinese and Japanese calligraphers but also add his own style to his work. He is considered the leading Kana calligrapher. When his works were donated to the city, not only did we want to preserve his precious works for posterity, we wanted to contribute to the development of calligraphy. This is how the establishment of the Nara City Sugioka Kason Museum of Calligraphy came about. Besides displaying Mr. Sugioka’s works, the Museum offers research about calligraphy, historical materials, as well as holding classes. In this way we hope to nurture interest in the history and art of calligraphy.

Museum ground plan

【Days the Center Is Closed】
　Mondays (when Monday falls on a holiday the Museum will be closed the following weekday) ， The day after holidays (when that day is a weekday) ， From December 27 to January 5 ， During rearrangement of exhibitions

【Operating Hours】
　9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (entry is only permitted until 4:30 p.m., however).

【Admission Fees】
　300 yen for individuals（240 yen for groups）

Directions to the Museum

Map of Nara City Kason Sugioka Museum of Calligraphy

※No parking is available.

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Mr.Kason Sugioka 　Kason Sugioka was born in Yoshino District Shimokita Village in 1913. After graduating from Nara Normal School, Mr. Sugioka studied under Shiyuu Tsujimoto, Saishuu Onoue, and Gohou Hibino.
　After teaching at Nara Prefectural High School for Women, he went on to teach calligraphy at Osaka Kyoiku University. It was at this time that he studied Heian period literature, the history of Chinese literature, and esthetics at Kyoto University, and also when he received the guidance of Shin'ichi Hisamatsu in the idea of Zen art.
　As a calligrapher, Mr. Sugioka's works appeared in many exhibitions, mostly in the Nitten, an exhibition organized by Japan's most popular art organization, as well as the Asahi Modern Calligraphy 20 Artists Exhibition, the Mainichi Calligraphy Exhibition, and the Yomiuri Calligraphy Exhibition. He continued to pursue the greatest beauty in Kana calligraphy since the Heian period.
　He has been awarded the Nara Prefecture Culture Award, the Nitten Ministry of Education Award, the Japan Academy of Arts Award, and in 1989 he became a member of the Japan Academy of Arts. He was named "Person of Cultural Merits" by the Government in 1995. He is still active.

The works ofMr.Kason Sugioka's exhibitions

Information：Tourism and Economic Affairs Department Culture and Tourism Division Culture and International Affairs Section ［E-mail（bunkakokusai@city.nara.lg.jp）・ Phone（0742-34-4728）・ Fax．（0742-34-4728）］
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