This was a commission for client who spent a wonderful year living in Japan and wanted to remember the place where she lived.
She lived in the small town of 波方 Namikata,
which is in the municipality of 今治 Imabari,
which is in the prefecture of 愛媛 Ehime.
Japanese addresses are written with the largest area first (the prefecture), and then by order of decreasing size.
Traditional Japanese writing is from top to bottom and then right to left.
I wrote this in the traditional way, so the prefecture 愛媛 Ehime is on the right and is read first, and moving to the left is the municipality 今治 Imabari and then finally the small town 波方 Namikata.
I was pleased to meet her because I have never met anyone who has lived in Ehime before. It’s a very rural prefecture in Shikoku (one of Japan’s main islands).
Calligraphy by Vicky 