Morisawa Calendar 2021

Hara Design Institute designed the Morisawa Calendar again this year. The theme for 2021 is Ki No Tsurayuki’s Sunshoan Shikishi, poems on presentation paper. The poems display the beautiful sculptural curves of Japanese kana script derived from the structural forms of Chinese characters. In contrast to the emphasis on lifesize reproduction in the previous year, this year’s calendar contrasts the colored paper of the original with a printed background color to convey a sense of the season.

The page for May shows this waka poem.
Stretching out his robe to dry as the days get longer, each shower of rain makes the grass greener
Lively brushstrokes echo the intermingling images of the beautiful poem.