Author: Ponte Ryūrui

  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Sha

    12/03/2012
    we find a definition of 車, stating that it is a cart equipped with a seat(s) (human pulled carriage or…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Shichi

    08/03/2012
    the symbolic meaning of the character 七, describing it as one of the sacred numbers (聖数, pinyin: shèngshù), which are…
  • Figure 1 Nine Sons Of The Dragon King Filtered

    06/03/2012
    the most renowned Asian dragon ink painting – The Nine Dragons Scroll (九龍圖卷, pinyin: Jiǔ long tú juǎn). Chen Rong…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Jii

    01/03/2012
    耳 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 a…
  • Figure 1 Logic Behind The Magic Brush Techniques Piiia

    28/02/2012
    the way in which the brush is controlled by the arm, wrist and finger, allowing the calligrapher to write a…
  • Figure 1 Shifty Characters

    23/02/2012
    A given character written in each calligraphy script may have (and usually does) different forms and stroke order, though the…
  • Figure 1 Magnificent Ink Giants

    21/02/2012
    To give you some comparisons, it takes me approximately 12-15 hours to prepare 0.5 litres of ink, and I use…
  • Figure 4 When The Mind Soars The Brush Dances

    18/02/2012
    書道は、プライドや目標、競争心といったものなくても栄えるものである。書道は、世俗的なものを否定し、非現実的なものを賞賛することで上達する。自分のやってきたことが報われる時は、とても気分がいいものだ。ただし、[...]
  • Figure 1 Logic Behind The Magic Brush Techniques Pii B 1

    16/02/2012
    単包法 (たんほうほう, tanhō hō）, where the ring finger and the small finger are adjacent to the inner side of the…
  • Figure 1 Logic Behind The Magic Brush Techniques Pii A

    14/02/2012
    In the pair grip method, the brush axis is held between the thumb, and the index finger merges with the…