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Kaoru Akagawa
赤川 薫
Kaoru Akagawa, 2024
Born1973 (age 51–52)
Montreal, Canada
Occupation(s)Artist, Railway journalist, Photographer
Years active2010-
Known forArtist, Railway journalist, Photographer

Kaoru Akagawa (赤川 薫, Kaoru Akagawa, born 1973) is a Japanese contemporary artist, railway journalist and photographer. Akagawa's unique style of art, where thousands of intricately interwoven kana meld to form larger images, is based on her technique as a master of Japanese calligrapher.

Akagawa is also active as a railway journalist and photographer and writes for British and Japanese railway magazines.

Biography

Akagawa was born in Montreal, Canada, and spent her childhood in New York. At fifteen, she moved with her family to Japan. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Human Relations from Keio University in 1995. In 2008, she received the Master (Shihan) title in Japanese kana calligraphy.

In 2010, Akagawa began creating her original artworks using kana characters. In 2022 she completed her Master of Arts in History of Art and Archaeology in University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies. In the same year, she began working as a railway journalist and photographer, providing photographs and writing for Japanese and British railway magazines and railway calendars.

References

  1. ^ Jozuka, Emiko (15 March 2020). "The woman reviving a forgotten female-only script". CNN. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  2. ^ Dearnley, Elizabeth (26 June 2019). "Saving 'woman hand': the artist rescuing female-only writing". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  3. "カテゴリー「赤川薫（アーティスト・鉄道ジャーナリスト）」の記事一覧ページ". trafficnews.jp (in Japanese). 31 December 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  4. ^ https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/kaoru-akagawas-biography Kaoru Akagawa's biography
  5. "The Beauty of Inefficiency". The Autumn Salon. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  6. Akagawa, Kaoru (22 August 2022). "【新連載】鉄子の始まり。鉄道に癒されて". absolute-london.co.uk (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 January 2025.
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