龍 (りゅう, ryū), i.e.”dragon”. The treasures used were a soft mountain goat brush (羊毛筆) with a long and thin bristle accompanied by thick but dry ink, which helped to create dry strokes emphasising movement. Slightly and gently crumpling the paper resulted in more dramatic feeling to the line. Choosing to hold the brush at the end of its axis increased the brush tip’s unpredictable mobility to a certain extent. Overall, the style could be classified as modern semi-cursive script (現代書道). Size: … [Read more...]
Kanji: 人
1. Meaning:person 2. Readings: Kunyomi (訓読み): と, ひと, -り Onyomi (音読み): ジン, ニン Japanese names: じ, と, ね, ひこ, ふみ, ニン Chinese reading: rén 3. Etymology 人 belongs to the 象形文字 (しょうけいもじ, shōkeimoji, i.e., set of characters of pictographic origin). It is a pictograph of the left-hand side profile of a standing person. According to the 說文解字 (pinyin: shūowén jiězì, i.e. “Explaining Simple [Characters] and Analyzing Compound Characters”) from the 2nd century … [Read more...]
Symphony of Ink, Part II
Through the efforts of Sakiko Yanagisawa (柳澤咲子), the Japanese PR magician of Beyond Calligraphy, an illustrated further exploration of the work and life of two Masters of the “Twenty Masters Exhibition of Modern Calligraphy (2012)” 現代書道二十人展, げんだいしょどうにじゅうにんてん, gendai shodō nijū nin ten) follows (link to Part I). The twenty participants of the exhibition are renowned calligraphers of modern Japan. Part II will discuss the work of Master Hibino Kouhou (日比野光鳳, ひびの こうほう, Hibino Kōhō, 1955 – present), … [Read more...]
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