Category Archives: Japanese Calligraphy

Japan’s Oldest Horror Manga Comic? The Gaki-Zōshi Illustrated Scrolls

So you know those rules we have governing society our? You know: laws, manners, and [...]

The Two Major Schools in Japanese Calligraphy Shodo

There are a lot of Shodo schools exist in Japan. Not only in Shodo calligraphy, [...]

Black Belt (Kuro-obi) in Shodo – In Which Grade Japanese Calligraphers Are?

Writing characters was invented for practical usage at first, but another usage was developed as [...]

Are They Same or Different? Shodo in Japan, China and Korea

Shodo is a Japanese art. Artist, or people called calligrapher, express beauty by writing. In [...]

Gyotaku Art – A Hidden Spot of Japanese Fish Prints

Gyotaku is a technique to copy the fish you caught. It copies every detail of [...]

National Treasure or Rough Draft? Expert Vs Amateur Review of Famous Japanese Art

Episode 2 in our series of ‘expert vs. amateur’ reviews of Japanese artwork has me, [...]

The Greatest Three Japanese Calligrapher in History of Shodo

The greatest Shodo calligrapher has been called “The Three Brushes” when the word is directly [...]

DIY: How To Make Your Shodo Calligraphy To Hanging Scroll

How to display your Shodo calligraphies in your home? Nowadays, more and more people begin [...]

About Japanese Calligraphy: Its Artistry and Art Works

Shodo Japanese Calligraphy Had Been Culture Among Aristocracy Kanji characters used for Shodo calligraphy was [...]

Calligraphy Paper for Shodo: Which One is Best?

The discipline of calligraphy technique to write beautiful characters is called Shodo, or Japanese calligraphy [...]