７０ Years of Passing Down the Brush and the Spirit
Origin
This studio began as a small terakoya in the Showa era.
Seventy years ago —
the founder, Grand Master Wado Utita,
established Wado Shoin at the foot of Mount Koya,
in the village once known as Shibuta-no-sho,
with a single wish:
to raise young people who walk both the path of learning and the path of discipline.
Calligraphy, Karate, and study.
This place was born as a space for shaping one’s character
through these three paths,
a modern terakoya of the Showa era.
To hold the brush is to face oneself.
To clench the fist is to learn respect.
These teachings have been passed down unchanged
for over seventy years, and continue to this day.
Master Wado Uchida began his training at the age of five, before the war, under Master Shiyu Tsujimoto —
a renowned calligrapher who played a key role in the founding of Nitten and the Japan Calligraphy Institute.
Though the war once separated master and disciple,
they were reunited after the war, and the bond between them was renewed.
For twenty-five years, Master Uchida continued to receive his guidance and teachings.
That spirit of calligraphy was then passed on to the next generation.
The second-generation master, Yoshihisa Wado (Master KUBO), also began training at the age
of five under the founder, Master Wado Uchida.
After twenty-five years of learning, he moved to Himeji and inherited what is now Wado Shoin.
From Shiyu Tsujimoto to Wado Uchida,
and from Wado Uchida to Sokyu Wado —
a long, unbroken lineage of masters and disciples forms the foundation of Wado Shoin.
