22/09/2011The 斯華会 (このはなかい, Konohana Kai) calligraphy association was founded by Master Ono Gadō （小野 鵞堂, おのがどう, 1862 - 1922）110 years…- 20/09/2011The style of this calligraphy brilliantly contrasts with its meaning: “to become silent and pray peacefully” (黙而祈寧), depicting complexity of…
20/09/2011I visited the 59th calligraphy exhibition of 書道研究 無心会 (しょどうけんきゅうむしんかい, shodō kenkyū mushin kai, i.e. Mushinkai Calligraphy Research Organisation). 無心会…
17/09/2011The modern form of す comes from the cursive form of the kanji 寸 (す(ん), su(n), i.e. "approximately 3.03cm"). Follow…
16/09/2011九 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…
15/09/2011The modern form of し comes from the cursive form of the kanji 之 (し, shi, i.e. "of", "this"). Follow…
14/09/2011The modern form of さ comes from the cursive form of the kanji 左 (さ, sa, i.e. "left"). Follow the…
13/09/2011気 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…
12/09/2011At times I am asked to submit works for calligraphy exhibitions in Japan. There are various events that take place…
10/09/2011The modern form of く comes from the cursive form of the kanji 久 (く, ku, i.e.: "long time", "old…
