龍 (りゅう, ryū), i.e.”dragon”. The treasures used were a soft mountain goat brush (羊毛筆) with a long and thin bristle accompanied by thick but dry ink, which helped to create dry strokes emphasising movement. Slightly and gently crumpling the paper resulted in more dramatic feeling to the line. Choosing to hold the brush at the end of its axis increased the brush tip’s unpredictable mobility to a certain extent. Overall, the style could be classified as modern semi-cursive script (現代書道). Size: … [Read more...]
Kanji: 森
1. Meaning:forest, woods 2. Readings: Kunyomi (訓読み): もり Onyomi (音読み): シン Japanese names: もと Chinese reading: sēn 3. Etymology 森 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 pictographs, or characters whose meaning was based on an abstract concept). 森 follows a concept of three pictographs of a tree (木, き, ki) combined in one character, and it emphasises thick tree growth, i.e. woods. The definition … [Read more...]
Kanji: 女
1. Meaning:female, woman 2. Readings: Kunyomi (訓読み): おんな, め Onyomi (音読み): ジョ, ニョ, ニョウ Japanese names: おな, た, つき, な Chinese reading: nǔ, rǔ 3. Etymology 女 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 woman kneeling on the ground, shown with her arms entangled, holding a garment. The definition of the character 女 found in “Explaining Simple (Characters) and Analyzing Compound Characters” … [Read more...]
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