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Yuichi Inoue, born in Asakusa, Tokyo on February 14, 1916, was a Japanese artist known for his vibrant works of calligraphy. His willingness to ignore the traditional conventions of sho (calligraphy)[1] pioneered an abstract style that reached international recognition.[2] He is most known for his single character pieces that often extend beyond the oversized paper they were created on.
Inoue graduated from the Tokyo Prefectural Aoyama Normal School (now Tokyo Gakugei University).[3] He worked as a primary and junior high school teacher before training under famous calligrapher Sokyu Ueda for eight years.[4] On March 10, 1945 Yuichi Inoue narrowly escaped a U.S. air raid on Tokyo.[1] In 1948 Inoue married Hirai Kikue with whom he had his daughter Hanako in 1951 and son Tōru in 1953. Inoue's first exibition of his own works took place in Tokyo in 1951.[5] In 1952 he created “Bokujin-kai” (Ink People Society) with fellow artist friends and served as chief editor of “Bokujin,” its monthly artistic magazine, until its 50th issue.[6] Inoue retired in 1976 after more than 41 years as a schoolteacher.[1] He created over 3,000 pieces prior to his death on June 15, 1985.[7]
His exhibtions include:
1950
Third Shodō Geijutsuin (Calligraphy Academy) exhibition at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Nitten National Exhibition
1951
First exhibition of his own calligraphy in Tokyo, Japan
1954
Modern Japanese Calligraphy, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA[8]
1955
Abstract Art – Japan and the USA, National Museum for Modern Art, Tôkyô L'encre de chine dans la calligraphie et l'art japonais contemporains, touring exhibition for Amsterdam, Basel, Paris, Hamburg and Rome
1957“Gutetsu” at the 4th Biennale in São Paulo, Brazil
1958
50 ans d'art moderne, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium[9]
1959
documenta 2, Kassel, Germany[10]
1961
6th Biennale, São Paulo and Carnegie International, Pittsburgh (PA), USA
1963
Writing and Image, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
1965
Inoue Yûichi, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
1969
Modern World Art, National Museum of Modern Art, Tôkyô, Japan
1984
YU-ICHI, Word Images, UNAC Tôkyô, Japan
1986
YU-ICHI Lives, SEED Hall, Tôkyô, Japan
YU-ICHI, Farewell Thoughts, NEWS, Tôkyô, Japan
1987
YU-ICHI, Hundred Flowers, Parco Gallery, Tôkyô, Japan
1989
YU-ICHI, Works 1955 - 1985, touring exhibition through six Japanese museums: The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Fukuoka; Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata; The Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, Yamaguchi; The Ehime Prefectural Museum of Art, Ehime; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Fukushima
1992
The Splendour of Poverty, Azabu Museum, Tôkyô, Japan
1995
Screams against the Sky, Japanese Art after 1945. Modernism and Transition, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama; Guggenheim Museum Soho, New York; Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA[11]
YU-ICHI, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland[12]
YU-ICHI, Hin, Gallery of the Tianjin Renmin Meishu Chubanshe (Tianjin, People`s Republic of China); Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany; Galerie im Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt, Germany
1999
YU-ICHI INOUE in Seoul, Art Center Seoul, Korea
2003
Ineffably Beautiful, The Mystical Paradox in Twentieth Century Art, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany
2005
Inoue Yuichi, Hangzhou International Calligraphy Art Festival, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Letter . Symbol . Gesture, Carlfriedrich Claus in the context from Klee to Pollock, Kunstsammlung Chemnitz, Germany
Zeichen setzen - YU-ICHI / UECKER, Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany[13]
2008
Japan and the West, The Filled Void, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany[14]
Kanji Art of Inoue Yuichi, Shi Fang Art Museum, Zhengzhou, China
Works with the Collection of Rolf Ricke, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany
2010
Works with the Collection of Rolf Ricke, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany
2011
The Art of Writing, Kurhaus-Kolonnaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
2012
Inoue Yuichi: Painting with All of One’s heart, and the Avantgarde Art of Calligraphy, Karuizawa New Art Museum, Karuizawa, Japan[15]
2013
Sharjah Biennial 11, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates[16]
Contemporary Art and Calligraphy - At the Nexus of Painting and Writing, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2015
Buddha - 108 Encounteres, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany[17]
Yuichi Inoue, Setouchi City Museum of Art, Okayama, Japan
Far Yet Close: Calligraphy by Inoue Yuichi, Musée Tomo, Tôkyô, Japan
The End of Modernity in Calligraphy: From Yuichi Inoue, Lee Ufan to Zhang Yu, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan[18]
Calligraphic Abstraction, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA[19]
2016
A Centennial Exhibition INOUE Yuichi, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan[20]
2017
YU-ICHI, Nanjing Art University, China
2018
Julius Bissier and East Asia. The Realm of my Imagination, “Ausstellungshalle” in the Augustinermuseum, Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg, Germany (May 19 – September 23, 2018)[21]
Alles unter dem Himmel, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln[22]
YU-ICHI INOUE, La calligraphie libérée (1916-1985), Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France (September 29 - December 17, 2018)
Epic Abstraction. Pollock to Herrera, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York[23]
2021
Tensakukai, Unac Tokyo[24]
“Écrire, c'est Dessiner”, Centre Pompidou-Metz (6.11.2021-21.2.2022)
2023
11. Tensakukai - Hommage to YU-ICHI, Tokyo Metropolitan Theater Gallery, Tokyo
2024[5]
Farbe ist alles!, Museum Reinhard Erst, Wiesbaden[25]
2025[5]
Welt im Fluß, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt[26]
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- ^ "Sharjah Biennial | Sharjah Art Foundation". www.sharjahart.org. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
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- ^ "Epic Abstraction: Pollock to Herrera". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
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- ^ "Farbe ist alles! | Museum Reinhard Ernst" (in German). Retrieved 2025-08-27.
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