After many years of hard work, endless training and perseverance, Yoshiko earns her license of "High Master" in 1995, advancing to a level usually associated with men, in the male dominated society of Japan. Yoshiko has also received a 'Certificate of Achievement' from the Governor of Japan for her outstanding performance and achievement.

     In the warm South Carolina summer of 1997, Yoshiko comes to the United States and brings with her, an immense talent and a fresh, new desire for painting and teaching. Yoshiko has now developed a special bond and a new love for this ancient art of Sumi Painting... and, it shows in the grace and delicate style in which she expresses her thoughts and feelings onto delicate and fragile, hand made rice papers.

     The following Spring, Yoshiko is discovered by and invited to Clemson University and then on to Furman University, to demonstrate her art and the delicate strokes of her brush, then teach this that she does so well. Yoshiko, and her work, become an instant success.

     Yoshiko knows that her heart... and her brush... now belong in South Carolina and decides to make the move permanent... opening up her home to private studies and workshops.    What is Sumi-e?