Shizu Usami -DramatiCalligrapher, Authentic Japan
-Professional Calligraphy Artist
-Meditation by "showsoku"
-"Vignettes Kanji Stories" by YouTube
She not only creates her own calligraphy and entices and teaches people how to change their handwriting dramatically.


Shizu is a Japanese calligraphy artist. Her mother, a professional calligrapher, taught her the art from a young age and it became the center of their relationship and her being.
Shizu received her degree in Calligraphy from the University of Teacher Education Fukuoka, and also acquired curator and high school teaching licenses.
Later, she joined the Nihon Moji Bunka Kikou of Kyoto, Japan. At this institute, she studied the history and culture of the written word in eastern Asia, under world-renowned kanji grammatologist and recipient of the Order of Culture, Dr. S. Shirakawa. In 2004, she became the youngest person to be certified by the institute to teach Shirakawa Grammatology, on which modern kanji education in eastern Asia is based. In 2009, she studied textile design at the University of the Arts London (Saint Martins).
Currently, Shizu lives in Japan and often stays in Seattle, California, the USA. As a global calligraphy artist, she hopes to share and spread the joys and wonders of kanji and calligraphy.