Carré MOJI

Peaceful Landscape-The Five-Storied Pagoda

Carré MOJI is an interior artwork that combines the traditional Japanese culture of calligraphy with a modern sensibility.

Carré MOJI is a coined word combining the French word "Carré" (a comfortable courtyard) and the Japanese word “Moji (character)". It was born in 2002 with the desire to create a "comfortable space with characters" and to introduce it to the world as a new Japanese culture.

Beautiful calligraphy by 13 calligraphers selected from all over Japan who have both calligraphy ability and design sensitivity. The original framing design complements their works.

The works, created without compromising on any aspect of the artwork, will expand beautiful landscapes and scenes in the hearts of those who see them.

Carré MOJI aims to enrich the hearts of people around the world by displaying their works.

Peaceful Landscape-The Five-Storied Pagoda

Madoka Yokoyama, a calligrapher with sumi-e link painting / Frame size: 32cm x 21cm / Frame: panel on blue-gray dyed Japanese paper / Materials: Japanese paper, ink, wood / Weight: 1kg

A work by Madoka Yokoyama. Original one of a kind.

Madoka Yokoyama is an ink painter and calligrapher who creates modern ink paintings using her own unique technique based on the Suiboku-ga technique.

Her modern works, with their beautiful margins and freely manipulated sumi ink colors, create beautiful landscapes in the mind.

Sumie Calligrapher Profile Yokoyama Madoka

・Yokoyama Madoka is one of the most creative artists of Modern Sumi-Ink Painting (Sumi-e) in Japan.

・She has been a fresh and innovative influence on the Sumi-e world.

・Councilor to the Modern Sumi-Ink Painting Association, and the Shodo-kai.

・Has produced many original sumi-e with an original concept for modern interiors. Her works are displayed in many public and private spaces in Japan.

・Is also famous as a calligrapher, and has been selected many times for the Yomiuri Shodo Exhibition & Association, which is one of the most authoritative calligraphy exhibitions in Japan, and for many other famous exhibitions such as the Kenshin Shodo Exhibition.