Today, Japanese calligraphy seeks to discover new forms while respecting its own roots and tradition. Traditional and contemporary calligraphy 3.11 REQUIEM AND REVIVAL (DETAIL), 2012-2018, CHIBA SOGEN ...

High in the remote mountains of Japan’s Shikoku Island, we set out on a journey to find the abandoned home of a renowned calligraphy family. The road to get there was tough winding, overgrown, and ...

Art Words matter in this showcase of Japanese calligraphy at the Freer. Exhibition of Buddhist sutras, though written in Chinese for a religion imported from India, shows how Japanese artists made ...

A Japanese Calligraphy Simulator Game! Not only can you practice writing with a brush following examples, but you can also practice writing hiragana and katakana!

On Friday, the Ackland Art Museum will unveil its Lotus Moon and Nandina Staff exhibit, which features about 50 pieces from two Japanese artists prominent in the 19th and 20th centuries. Printing ...

CAMP ZAMA (Dec. 2, 2019) -- Ken Ishida started teaching shodo--the traditional Japanese art of calligraphy--at the Camp Zama Arts and Crafts Center about 10 years ago. Since then, Ishida has ...

The trick to creating the flowing strokes of Japanese calligraphy is to realize it’s less about writing and more about art. Start small, says Kazuko Kano, a master calligrapher and director of ...