Japanese Calligraphy E-Book

Sumiko Knudsen

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Seitenzahl: 28

Beschreibung

Shodo is composed of the words "Sho" which means writing, and "Do", which means path or way. Japanese Calligraphy originates from Calligraphy from China, dating back 3000 years. This art form from China reached Japan. In ancient times, Calligraphy in China and Japan has reflected their thinking and spirit, where a single brush stroke is used to show the person's thoughts, soul and emotion. This book tells you how to use Japanese brush, how to use a brush, how to start writing letters with aesthetic style. This book shows brush technique for Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. This book is for Japanese Calligraphy beginner and experienced.

Leseprobe

doryoku (effort)

CONTENTS

Introduction

Calligraphy

書道

What is Calligraphy?

Script Type

Scrift Type

Kanji History

漢字歴史

The Japanese Writing System

Calligraphy History

書道歴史

Material

道具材料

Brush History

筆の歴史

Papers (Washi) History

和紙歴史

50 Important Kanji

重要漢字

50 Basic Kanji

基礎漢字

Shodo Important point

書道重要点

How to hold brush

How to write horizontal line

How to write vertical line

Kanji Shodo Tecnique

漢字書道

Hiragana Shodo Tecnique

平仮名書道

Katakana Shodo Tecnique

片仮名書道

Zen Calligraphy/Ensoh

円相

Philosophical background

Ensoh

円相

Haiku

俳句

Haiku History

俳句歴史

Haiku

俳句

Why is Haiku 5. 7. 5?

Haiku Shodo

俳句書道

Well known Haiku

Seal

印章

Seal Script

Seal History

印章歴史

Yang seal

陽印章

Yin seal

陰印章

Red Ink

朱砂

Material of Seal

材料

Eto – Twelve animals in Zodiac sign

十二支

INTRODUCTION

Japanese Calligraphy originates from Chinese Calligraphy, dating back to about 3000 years ago, where this art form from China reached Japan.

Previously, Calligraphy in China and Japan has reflected their way of thinking, using a single brush stroke to show that person's thoughts, minds and feelings. Shodo, Calligraphy is an art form that has evolved from mirror image with soul and emotion.

I moved from Tokyo, Japan to Denmark in 1986, and I have taught and introduced Calligraphy since 1987.

I learned Calligraphy from my mother since I was 6 years old. She taught Calligraphy at Silver University and schools, etc.

I have decided to write a book on Calligraphy because there are many in Scandinavia and internationally interested in trying to hold Japanese/ Chinese brush with black ink and draw a line with black and white nuance. It is nice to have this book besides teaching in Calligraphy.

I hope the book will be useful to the reader. I'm also glad that I can present Shodo, Calligraphy here.

Finally, I thank Sten Lottrup Knudsen who has checked my English text, and Bo Frydendahl to propose the idea of the text.

Jumiko Knudsen

1. Calligraphy書道

What is Calligraphy?

(Kaizen) development

Shodo is composed of the words "Sho" which means writing, and "Do", which means path or way.

In Japanese, Calligraphy is called Shodo. Japanese Calligraphy, Shodo, is a specialized art of writing Japanese characters using a brush and black ink. It has causes some similarities with Western Calligraphy, but Shodo is considered more of an art form. This is because each character has a special meaning and because of the wide range of available characters. In the Western calligraphy you have 26 characters (English), in Japanese calligraphy there are about 48,000 characters that you can use.

Japanese Calligraphy reflects the soul and mind where one uses a simple brush stroke to express one’s thoughts, mind and feelings.

Script Type

Kaisho

Kaisho literally means "writing correctly". In other words, this is a style where each brush stroke is created in a conscious and clear way, to create a shape that is very similar to the printed version of the characters, as you can see in a newspaper.

Gyosho

Gyosho literally means "floating and artistic" and refers to the semi-italic style of Japanese calligraphy. Like handwriting in English, this is the style that most people usually will use to write when taking notes.

Scrift Type

Hiragana