Hello there! We are very excited today because… drumrolls… we are opening Catweek second edition, a week exclusively devoted to share things cat related!
We are honoured to start with a very special present, Nagataya Kyoto is kindly offering a personalized Japanese calligraphy painting for one of you, cat or non-cat (everyone is invited!) lover. Scroll down to participate with the rafflectoper application.
Mitsuru Nagata is a Kyoto born artist living in Barcelona. Wondering how he came to our city (gossip mode on) we learnt that after falling in love with Maika during an students stage in London they have been calling Barcelona their home for 10 years; our romantic selves can’t resist an international love story.
The painting on the pictures is from Anna & Albert that are very passionate about his art and own several of his paintings. The painting shows this Confucius proverb: “Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it”.
His art is called Shodou – the way of writing – a japanese calligraphic art that requires perseverance, a firm hand and concentration with a strong Buddhist connection. Mitsuru has been learning & improving since he was a little kiddo at the age of 6. He sometimes pairs the proverbs with floral or fauna drawings, while most of them are cats, he also draws cute koy fish or dragons (see this video where he shows how he is able to draw the dragon with a single brush stroke). If you want to check more about him (spoiler: we learnt that his granpa was a kimono designer!) or his art don’t hesitate to check their blog.
Are you familiar with Shodou? Have you ever taken part of any Japanese artistic atelier, like calligraphy or ikebana?
How to enter
You can win your own personalized quote painting by leaving us a comment and checking in the rafflecopter below. Your A3 (11.7 × 16.5 inches) painting will have the same two kitties from the pictures but the quote will be the one of your choice, which we find extra neat!
Oh! and don’t worry if you don’t know yet which quote would you like better, we will contact the winner, on the 5th of February, so you can tell us then or ask Mitsuru himself for one.
a Rafflecopter giveawayThe giveaway will be open until the 5th of February at 12:00AM (Barcelona’s time), winner will be randomly selected by the Rafflecopter application and announced on the 6th of February 2015. Worldwide entries will be accepted, good luck to everyone!
:O OMG! im tottaly want the painting , personally i love Mitsuru work, and cats, so, is perfect for me <3
Art and cats, two of my favourite things – how purrfect!
I would love to win this Japanese custom box Nagataya Kyoto, I love everything you do and would be great in my room. (´｡• ω •｡`)
I really love it!!! :D luck everyone!
I follow him on twitter and he does really inspiring work :)
What a fantastic giveaway! I didn’t know he’s work and I am glad that you made me discorver him, it’s so inspiring!
I love it!!!
Caram com us ho curreu! Es una làmina preciosa, jo en vull una! :D
Cats, shodou and a good proverb are always good!
Love your blog, Nagataya Kyoto, love shoudo and cats, too…..
Wow – this is truly such beautiful and special giveaway! What a special keepsake the painting would be. I love it!
xx Kathryn
http://www.throughthethicket.ca
Cats and shoudo! Just add some relaxing music…
Precious art!
What a GORGEOUS painting! I lovelovelove the
cat drawing and the koi’s are beautiful too c:
I am so in with the giveaway! Xx
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This art looks so amazing! Beautiful calligraphy and cats, perfect combo :D
What a great giveaway – who knows, maybe I’ll be lucky!
-Kati
Ostres que rebonica aquesta làmina! Jo també la vull!
I want it!!! This is so kawaii!! Primicoooooooooooooos!! ^_^
Woww I love it!! I want it for my new home!!
this is a beautiful print. lovely. and another cat week is just what I need :)
OHHH! I want it :) It’s not just art: cats and spirituality, it’s divine.
oh this is just beautiful! i don’t have a cat but would love one! thanks for the opportunity!
This is very cool. I love the combination of the softer picture with the bold lettering.
Massa guai tot plegat, tan de bò em toqui *-* llàstima que no tingui una Juno a conjunt, perquè faria lluir molt làmina!
I love the delicate nature of the work and the idea that the work is mindfully created.I love the cats which are elegant and cute x
Oh how beautiful! I’ve always had such a respect for Japanese art x
The calligraphy is so beautiful!
I would love to gift this to my Japanese-American sister-in-law who loves cats just as much as I do!
This is so sweet and what an awesome way to start off catweek!! woohoo! and I can tell you guys anything? Mmm, I just had a delicious cup of sakura flavoured tea. I bought the teabags back from Japan and only let myself have one when I feel it’s especially right too. It’s a bit gloomy today, so I thought the weather made it perfect :) he he
Thanks for for letting us know Nagatayakyoto.com! And also for the possibility of wining one of his works! I’m already a follower! Luck for everyone!! ^^
I love japanese calligraphy so I would like to win it!. Thank you for gives us this oportunity
This art is really fantastic. Elegance and serenity is the style of this paintings. Thanks for this!!!
I´m currantly living in Tokyo and I think that caligraphy is really interesting! … and I´m a cat lover ;)
I really like that painting. I think Japanese writing is awesome.
What a cute idea! I had no clue there was a special calligraphy for the Japanese! And paint a dragon in 1 brush stroke?! Wow!
THIS IS SO CUTE!
I really love calligraphy. It’s just an amazing art. I love all your artworks and quotes <3 Thanks for the giveaway!
Que buen trabajo hace! El Shodou es un arte digno de admiración
It could be great for my living room ^^`
Aniré a la biblioteca a buscar un llibre de provervis japonesos per triar el que m’agrada més ^_^
Ooooooooh! Que pintura tan bonita! El shodou es súper difícil (estudio japonés desde hace mucho y he hecho varias clases, y no me queda bonito!). A mis dos gatos seguro que les gusta, jajajaja
I wish i was a cat
would love to win :)
Wowzers my trousers…!!! Beautiful…
The kitty in the photos is so adorable!
looks really beautiful , thanks
I would love to win , I love the painting.
This would to be perfect on my room, i love calligraphy art! :))
amazing giveaway!
I love Japan too, although I have nothing to do with that country… Lol.. Why? Because of Naruto manga and Masaki Okada! I know it sounds weird… But I’d love to win! Hehe
Oh my God!! I really want that Calligraphy painting!!
Moreover a cat and a calligraphy..
Love it so much.. I’d like to have that Japanese painting so much..
Thnak you very much to giving this chance for us..
This is absolutely wonderful~
I want win it, greetings fron Argentina
Rafflecopter: gemma
wow this is so beautiful! i would love to win, i adore japan and kitties :)
I’ve just started learning japanese, so a giveaway like this is so exciting for me! *^* Thank you so very much <3
thanks, lovely chance! :)
fingers crossed.
thanks, lovely chance! ;))
I’ve been secretly spying on catweek the past couple of days, and I’m so happy you chose this time for catweek because it’s the start of my internship and it made thing a bit easier to just chill out in between to see your lovely posts haha. Thanks! – Oh and I finally participated in this giveaway. If I win, (a big if) I totally love the text that’s on there right now…it’s so true!
this would be awesome for a friends bday coming up
This is indeed interesting
Quin art! Quedaria perfecte per decorar el pis! Bon sorteig :-)
Wow! The painting looks great! Would love it!
It looks amazing! Awesome giveaway!! Would love to win :D
I would ove to win this PERSONALIZED JAPANESE CALLIGRAPHY PAINTING!
it s so cut!
fingers crossed!
I would love to win this for my friend. She loves Japan, learns Japanese, draw manga and I’m sure she would love this!:)
What gorgeous calligraphy!
Aww I love the kitty’s. I think my aunt would really enjoy this!
This is super cool- harry potter quote!
I would love to win this super cute Personalized japanese calligraphy painting for…myself because I love cats and Japanese language! “Fingers crossed!”
Thank You for the great giveaway!
I like that its simple art and black and white.
Thanks for the amazing giveaway! :)
Love it!!! <3
I have 4 pets.
I would love to win this. I think this would look great in my bedroom.
My teen daughter would love this! Would fit perfectly on the wall of her bedroom!
this crazy cat lady needs one of these!
I would love to win this for my daughter who loves Japanese art and cats, so this is the best of both for her!
This looks absolutely amazing and I would love to win it.
Our daughter loves her cats and would like this for her home!
Love the giveaway.
I would love to have one for my daughters room!
Lovely contest! The prize looks awesome.
love to win this is is so different.
This is super awesome!
This would be the best gift for my sister-in-law! I would love to win!
I have actually never seen his work before, but I’ll definitely be following him from now on! I think this Japanese calligraphy is so beautiful and the simplicity of it makes it that much prettier!! Thank you for this amazing giveaway!
What amazingly beautiful writing. Anyone would be privilaeged to have a piece hanging on their walls.
I love this..so unique!
This is adorable. i love the combination of the cats and calligraphy.
I would love to have one. It is truly beautiful!
Can anything be more purrfect than this?!! I must win this, I simply must!!
Thanks for the giveaway! This is really adorable. I have two cats so I love that the artwork has two cats on it.
We love cats. I think this would look great in our home.
Amazing! :-D thanks for this lovely giveaway ♥
Omg! This looks so adorable! I love the catpuns in the comment section ^^
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