In the ninth year of the Yonghe era (永和九年, pinyin: Yǒnghé, 345 – 357 C.E.), the year of the Yin Water Ox, under the reign of Emperor Mu of Jin (晉穆帝, pinyin Jìn Mùdì, 343 – 361C.E.), at the beginning of the third lunar month (after April 20, 353 C.E.), on the first day of the month of the serpent, fourty two literati noblemen gathered at the Orchid Pavilion in Shanyin County (山陰，pinyin: Shānyīn), in order to celebrate the Spring Purification Festival (修禊, pinyin: xiūxì). One of them was Wang … [Read more...]
The Sun of Vast Skies – a calligraphy seal. Part II
It is true that calligraphy is created in seconds, by means of single unrepeatable brush strokes, but it doesn’t mean that there are no rules governing it, quite the contrary. The Chinese word for East Asian calligraphy is shufa (書法, pinyin: shū fǎ, i.e. “the principles of writing”), and there is a good reason for this. Calligraphy without rules would be like a beautiful mind without direction. Some calligraphy rules are over 2000 years old, and they are still respected and followed. The art of … [Read more...]
40th Anniversary Exhibition of All Japan Calligraphy Art and Literature Association, Part I.
All Japan Calligraphy Art and Literature Association (全日本書芸文化院, ぜんにほんしょげいぶんかいん, Zen Nihon Shogei Bunkain) was formed 61 years ago by Masters of the League of Asian Calligraphy Development (興亜書道連盟, こうあしょどうれんめい, Kōa Shodō Renmei), which was dismantled after World War II. Today, The All Japan Calligraphy and Literature Association, in short, referred to as Zenshogei (全書芸, ぜんしょげい, lit. “All [Japan] Calligraphy Art”), is one of the largest calligraphy groups in Japan, with a total of nearly 30,000 … [Read more...]
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