Seikaku Takagi
Japanese calligrapher (1923-2017)
Seikaku Takagi (Japanese: 高木 聖鶴, Hepburn: Takagi Seikaku; July 12, 1923 (Taishō 12)– February 24, 2017 (Heisei 29)), was a Japanese calligrapher. He was male and held the rank of Junior Third Rank (Jūsanmi) and was awarded the Order of Culture. His real name was Ikuta Takagi (高木 郁太, Takagi Ikuta).
He served as the president of the Chōyō Calligraphy Association, advisor to the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (a public-interest incorporated association), and senior advisor to the Japanese Calligraphy Institute. He was also the highest advisor to the Yomiuri Calligraphy Association and was recognized as a Person of Cultural Merit. Throughout his career, he held many important positions, including director of the Japan Calligraphy Institute, director and permanent general affairs officer of the Yomiuri Calligraphy Association, and executive director of the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (a public-interest incorporated association). He also served as a councilor of the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition.
Career
Early life and education
Born in 1923 in Sōja City, Okayama Prefecture, Seikaku Takagi later enrolled in the former Okayama Prefectural Takahashi Junior High School (now Okayama Prefectural Takahashi High School). Among his classmates was Makoto Munemori, an authority on environmental chemistry who later became an emeritus professor at Osaka Prefecture University. After graduating from the school, Takagi worked at a company and, just before the end of World War II, served for over a year in the military in Tokyo before returning to his hometown.
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