Japanese Kumano Kodo Calendar

Graphic Design Award Winner.
Awarded for Good Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design.

Japanese Kumano Kodo Calendar
by Kiyoka Yamazuki

Awarded April 15, 2023
CLIENT: Kiyoka Yamazuki
49.816

Japanese Kumano Kodo is a hand-drawn illustration created for a corporate wall calendar. The calendar theme is the old highways of Japan, including the Oshu Highway, the Tokaido, the Sanyo Highway, the Kumano Kodo, the Nagasaki Highway and the Minoji. The Kumano Kodo is a pilgrimage route used since about the year 908 and still walked today. The illustration brings the Nachi Fire Festival and Nachi Falls together in one colorful scene. The artwork is painted with acrylic paint on illustration board. The calendar has six sheets and measures 420 by 595 millimeters.

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