The Dying Trade of Yamato
21/05/2012It is my great hope that the trade of brush making will continue and thrive, and that this old and…
Kanji: 女
09/05/2012a philologist of the Han dynasty (漢朝, pinyin: Hàn Cháo, 206 B.C. – 220 C.E.) is quite simple and straight…
Kanji: 出
24/04/2012The shape of the character 出 symbolises a step forward executed with vigour; each step starts from placing the heel…
Symphony of Ink, Part I
23/04/2012Calligraphy, like music is based upon harmony. It takes a Master Calligrapher to compose a symphony of ink, a masterpiece…
Skyrim in Calligraphy – The Legend of The Dragonborn in Ink and Paper.
17/04/2012While playing, I realised how closely Skyrim is related to calligraphy. It is a world of its own defined by…
Kanji: 十
12/04/2012the shape of 十 was based on the concept of a vertically oblong tool used for calculations (Figures 1 and…
Calligraphy Marking a New Year
11/04/2012In Japan, on the second day of the first month of the calendar, there is a tradition of writing the…
Kanji: 手
08/04/2012Although the modern form of the character 手 may be somewhat misleading (6 fingers), the “hand" radical 扌 still resembles…
A Few Words about the Process for Studying Calligraphy in Japan
19/03/2012All Japan Calligraphy and Literature Association has only 3 dan’s (whereas some other organisations have as many as 9). The…
Logic Behind The Magic – Brush Techniques, Part III (b)
15/03/2012Characteristic of small seal script, note the circular movement of the brush tip at the beginning of each stroke, indicating…
