Location: Japan
Born in 1932, calligrapher Izumi Okabe is member of the Okayama Kajin (poet) Group. Mainly active as a poet at the tanka (classical short Japanese poem) group in Okayama Prefecture, she publishes books of poetry “By the Kurashiki River” and “Passageway”. Okabe records her own tanka poems in calligraphy.
Ink on paper
14×10 in. or 36×25cm
“The Cherry Blossoms Are in Full Bloom Right up to Their Last Moment”
Ink on paper
11×9 in. or 27×24cm
“Kurashiki River”
