08/09/2011The modern form of こ comes from the cursive form of the kanji 己 (こ, ko, i.e.: "self", also "snake",…
06/09/2011The modern form of け comes from the cursive form of the kanji 計 (け (い), ke(i), i.e.: "plan", "measure",…
01/09/2011学 belongs to the 会意文字 (かいいもじ, kaii moji, i.e. set of characters that are a combination of two or more…
28/08/2011Vast majority of young people in Japan has troubles with remembering how to reconstruct given Hand-written Chinese character from their…
27/08/2011花 belongs to the 形声文字 (けいせいもじ, keiseimoji, i.e. phono-semantic compound characters). This is by far the largest group of Chinese…
23/08/2011Master Ishitobi Hakkō did not simply copy this masterpiece. He enhanced it with his own interpretation. It is not the…
19/08/2011Calligraphy is a "heart imagery", which offers us magical powers to paint with words of the soul. It is a…
17/08/2011In July, Beyond Calligraphy visited the calligraphy exhibition of Master Ishitobi Hakkō (石飛博光, いしとびはっこう). The event was titled “Into the…
16/08/2011The modern form of き comes from the cursive form of the kanji 幾 (き, ki, i.e.: "how many", "some",…
11/08/2011The modern form of か comes from the cursive form of the kanji 加 (か, ka, i.e. "addition", "increase"). Follow…
