Hello everyone ,
continue to add interesting and different pieces to their ever expanding series of resin releases, this time they have really chosen a different subject , it depicts a Japanese female in full traditional costume writing.
The sculptor has depicted the lady , sat cross legged on a large cushion in full flowing robes proudly displaying her work ( the characters mean "Tradition" )
Calligraphy (shodo: "the way of writing") is the art of writing beautifully. Most children learn calligraphy in their first school It is a popular hobby among adults, too.
A calligraphy set consists of:
The strokes of Japanese characters have to be drawn in the correct order, not arbitrarily. When you learn Chinese characters, you draw one stroke after the other. This is called the square (Kaisho) style of writing kanji.
This style of writing kanji, however, is rarely used in everyday life. Instead, there are two faster styles of writing, in which the kanji become a little bit less legible, just like when writing Roman letters in a fast way. These two styles are called semi cursive (gyosho) and cursive (sosho).
Kaisho:
Square style
Gyosho:
Semi cursive style
Sosho:
Cursive styleHeres some great pictures of patterns for the clothing and Calligraphy being done
Book of clothing patterns
Calligraphy items
Here are a couple of English Language books on the subject
also a soldiers diary showing calligraphy
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Calligraphy
The sculptor has depicted the lady , sat cross legged on a large cushion in full flowing robes proudly displaying her work ( the characters mean "Tradition" )
Calligraphy (shodo: "the way of writing") is the art of writing beautifully. Most children learn calligraphy in their first school It is a popular hobby among adults, too.
A calligraphy set consists of:
- Shitajiki: Black, soft mat. It provides a comfortable, soft surface.
- Bunchin: Metal stick to weight down the paper during writing.
- Hanshi: Special, thin calligraphy paper.
- Fude: Brush. There is a larger brush for writing the main characters and a smaller one for writing the artist's name. The small brush, however, can be used for the characters, too.
- Suzuri: Heavy black container for the ink.
- Sumi: Solid black material (charcoal) that must be rubbed in water in the suzuri to produce the black ink which is then used for writing. Of course, "instant ink" in bottles is also available nowadays.
The strokes of Japanese characters have to be drawn in the correct order, not arbitrarily. When you learn Chinese characters, you draw one stroke after the other. This is called the square (Kaisho) style of writing kanji.
This style of writing kanji, however, is rarely used in everyday life. Instead, there are two faster styles of writing, in which the kanji become a little bit less legible, just like when writing Roman letters in a fast way. These two styles are called semi cursive (gyosho) and cursive (sosho).
Kaisho:
Square style
Gyosho:
Semi cursive style
Sosho:
Cursive styleHeres some great pictures of patterns for the clothing and Calligraphy being done
Continued in next post
Nap
