Bokuseki Soki Ito

BOKUSEKI SOKI ITO SOLO EXHIBITION

NOVEMBER 15-23, 2014 J A P A N E S E A M E R I C A N C U LT U R A L & C O M M U N I T Y C E N T E R DOIZAKI GALLERY | LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

Profile of Bokuseki Soki Ito Soki Bokuseki Ito was born and raised in Aizu, Fukushima, Japan in 1930. He began studying calligraphy at 19 years of age though a correspondence course. However, the call to Christian ministry in 1950 caused him to temporarily interrupt his pursuit of calligraphy.

In 1958 Ito moved to the United States to continue his graduate studies. After completing his Masters Degree in New York 5 years later, he relocated to California where he joined the Japanese Free Methodist Church Conference in 1964.

During the time he was appointed as the Nichigo pastor at the Venice-Santa Monica Free Methodist Church in 1980, he was introduced to a recently started Shodo class by a church member. It was there that he was inspired to once again delve into a deeper study of the Goseki Ryu fundamental, classic style of calligraphy. An elderly master calligrapher named Ryuseki Ouchida was the main instructor of the class.

After Ouchida retired from teaching he asked Ito to lead Venice Shodo-kai.

In 1989 Ito was awarded the highest ranking teaching credential of Koto Shihan. Not long after, he achieved the 7th Dan, the highest degree from the Bunka Shodo Academy in Tokyo, Japan. In 2010 he was invited to be an official board member of the Academy as Jun Dojin. Finally in 2014 Ito was promoted to Dojin for his continued contribution to the Academy.

For the past 30 years, Ito has been teaching calligraphy weekly at the Venice Japanese Community Center as well as teaching monthly at the Mission Valley Free Methodist Church in San Gabriel, California.

He is extremely honored to have been asked to present his work in calligraphy at a private exhibition at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo for 10 days in November 2014.

伊藤惣喜牧石プロファイル 伊藤惣喜、牧石（雅号）は1930年日本福島県会津に生まれました。 書道の勉強を始めたのは19歳のとき通信教育を通してでしたが、本格的に取り組むよ うになったのは、1950年キリスト教伝道師に従事するようになってからです。 1958年、合衆国に渡り大学を卒業しました。5年後にはニューヨークで修士課程を卒業、その後1964年にカリフォルニア州に移住し、北米太平洋沿岸日系 人フリーメソジスト教会年会に所属しました。 1980年、ベニスサンタモニカフリーメソジスト教会の日本語担当牧師に任命された頃、教会の近くで始まったばかりの書道教室を紹介されました。その時に 「呉石流」 といわれる基本に忠実な書風を知り、再度書道を深く学びたいという意欲に駆られたのです。教室の創設者は故大内田龍石師でした。その後、大 内田龍石師が引退をされる折に伊藤牧石にベニス書道会の次期指導者を託しました。 1989年、伊藤牧石は高等師範の資格を取得、2009年には最高段である七段に達しました。2010年、伊藤牧石は東京の文化書道学会から正式な準同人 に、2014年10月には同人（役員）に委嘱されました。 過去30年に渡り伊藤牧石はベニス日系人会で毎週書道の指導に当たると共に、サンゲーブルのミッションバレーフリーメソジスト教会でも書道の指導を続 けてきました。 2014年11月、ロスアンジェルス リトル東京の日米文化会館で遂に念願の個展を開催することができるのは、 この上ない光栄なことと感謝をしています。

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