Momoyo Nishimura
is a Japanese graphic designer. She graduated from the department of design at Joshibi University of Art and Design, an established university in Tokyo with over one hundred years of history. Whilst she was a student,she spent a year in Mexico as an exchange student and studied interior design.
After returning to Japan, she was given the opportunity to design Japanese teaching materials for The Japan Foundation.
Since, she has created corporate identities of various enterprises and has designed more than 100 Japanese culture books during her career of 35 years.
From 2005 to 2010, , she opened her own culture studio near the Imperial Palace called "Nihon-no-Kaze (Japanese Breeze)" to promote the understanding of Japanese culture. Here, various easy-to-understand culture classes are being held for international people wanting to learn more about Japan. Her lectures on Japanese culture and the Edo Period have been held in Japanese schools, municipalitiesand enterprises as well. In 2009, she create new Japanese culture "Fudegraphy"for them and many artists. Fude means a brash. Fudegraphy is a new type of word art. That is to write western-style characters with eastern-style pen. Then she promote "Fudegraphy" overseas. England in 2011, USA in 2012, Australia and New Zealand in 2013. Moved to Kyoto from 2015, and now reached the point of producing electronic books of Japanese culture in English.


西邑桃代(にしむらももよ)
1972年女子美術大学デザイン科卒業(内1年メキシコ留学)の後、本州製紙パッケージデザイン室入社(CIデザイン)。豪国企業でホテル関係のエディトリアルデザイン(内4ヶ月スペイン在住)。
1985年(株)FACOL(Fashion Color Laboratory)を設立。色彩研究、企業のコンサルタント業務、国際交流基金の日本語教材制作、100册以上の日本文化紹介の英文本の企画・デザインなどの国際交流関係の仕事に従事。
2001年、NPO法人Group June 5th(GJ5)設立。学校の総合学習、環境総合WebサイトBALAN TVの運営、街づくり「らくがき消しペイント」、途上国自立支援事業(於:インドネシア)、江戸事業(江戸研究会)、異文化交流、化学物質のリスクコミュニケーションの事業。第4期東京都環境保全推進委員。
2005~2010年の6年間、半蔵門に「日本の風」を設け、日本文化に焦点を当てた展示会、教室、研究会、倶楽部、海外からの日本文化体験の場場を開催。江戸や日本文化の講師。
2009年 筆でアルファベットを描く文字アート「筆グラフィー」の新しい日本文化を作る。2011年英国、2012年米国、2013年豪国、ニュージーランドへ3年計画で筆グラフィーを海外に紹介。
2015年 京都に移り、日本文化紹介の英文の電子図書の制作で現在に至る。