Work of calligraphy by Hiroshima student to convey wish for peace in New Zealand
Jul. 27, 2016
by Shinji Morito, Staff Writer
Sana Odan, 17, a third-year student and a member of the calligraphy club at Funairi High School in Naka Ward, wrote “keisho” (“handing down a wish”) in large letters on a big sheet of paper, using an outsize brush, to convey the wish for peace to younger generations. Her work of calligraphy will be displayed at an exhibition of children’s art work for a peaceful world to be held in August in Wellington, New Zealand. Wellington is a member city of Mayors for Peace. Ms. Odan hopes her work will express the determination of young people in the A-bombed city.
She used strong, lively strokes to write the Chinese characters for “keisho” in the center of the calligraphy paper, which measures 240 centimeters long and 90 centimeters wide. The work was made last summer, for the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing, then presented at a calligraphy exhibition in Hiroshima Prefecture. Ms. Odan also wrote short poems, such as “For the happiness of living an ordinary life.”
Melissa Brezinger, 25, a Wellington City official who was an intern at the Mayors for Peace office located at the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation in Naka Ward, arranged to send Ms. Odan’s work of calligraphy to the exhibition. When she was invited to be a peace education speaker at Funairi High School, she said she wanted to include some art created in Hiroshima about the atomic bombing for the exhibition in Wellington. The high school recommended Ms. Odan’s calligraphy.
The exhibition will run from August 7 to 28, organized by the City of Wellington and other organizations. Ms. Odan said, “I hope that people in New Zealand will be interested in Hiroshima’s tragedy and recovery.”
(Originally published on July 27, 2016)
Sana Odan, 17, a third-year student and a member of the calligraphy club at Funairi High School in Naka Ward, wrote “keisho” (“handing down a wish”) in large letters on a big sheet of paper, using an outsize brush, to convey the wish for peace to younger generations. Her work of calligraphy will be displayed at an exhibition of children’s art work for a peaceful world to be held in August in Wellington, New Zealand. Wellington is a member city of Mayors for Peace. Ms. Odan hopes her work will express the determination of young people in the A-bombed city.
She used strong, lively strokes to write the Chinese characters for “keisho” in the center of the calligraphy paper, which measures 240 centimeters long and 90 centimeters wide. The work was made last summer, for the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing, then presented at a calligraphy exhibition in Hiroshima Prefecture. Ms. Odan also wrote short poems, such as “For the happiness of living an ordinary life.”
Melissa Brezinger, 25, a Wellington City official who was an intern at the Mayors for Peace office located at the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation in Naka Ward, arranged to send Ms. Odan’s work of calligraphy to the exhibition. When she was invited to be a peace education speaker at Funairi High School, she said she wanted to include some art created in Hiroshima about the atomic bombing for the exhibition in Wellington. The high school recommended Ms. Odan’s calligraphy.
The exhibition will run from August 7 to 28, organized by the City of Wellington and other organizations. Ms. Odan said, “I hope that people in New Zealand will be interested in Hiroshima’s tragedy and recovery.”
(Originally published on July 27, 2016)
