Category Archives: Blog

Rakuyaki Shiroraku tea cup, Japanese national treasure, entire view
Reviewing Japan’s Ultimate Tea Cup: The Mystery of the Two-Tone Rakuyaki Shiroraku Cha-Wan

Today’s Amateur Vs Expert review has us looking at the most famous Japanese tea cup [...]

22
Sep
list of Sumo wrestlers in Shodo calligraphy writing style
The Two Major Schools in Japanese Calligraphy Shodo

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

21
Sep
Byobu by Maruyama Ohkya, Japan's national treasure, entire view of a half
Japanese Art’s Most Famous Winter Scene? My Amateur Vs Professional Review of Maruyama Ōkyo’s “Pine Trees in the Snow”

The beautiful snow-capped branches of the delicate Japanese matsu pine tree; images of Kyoto in [...]

21
Sep
Ukiyo-e, Japanese woodblock print, looking for assessing
Top 6 Tips For Buying an Ukiyo-e Japanese Woodblock Print in 2018: A Guide

As we have seen here on the OrientalSouls blog, Japanese arts and crafts come in [...]

20
Sep
grading system in Shodo, good writings
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 [...]

20
Sep
comparing Shodo styles among asian countries
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 [...]

20
Sep
Gyotaku fish print, a Japanese traditional technique, red snapper
Gyotaku Art – A Hidden Spot of Japanese Fish Prints

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

19
Sep
Hasegawa Sumi ink wash art, a Japan's national treasure, entire view
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, [...]

19
Sep
a famous calligraphy art by the greatest calligrapher
The Greatest Three Japanese Calligrapher in History of Shodo

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

19
Sep
Japanese clligraphy Shodo work mounting, a hanging scroll
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 [...]

18
Sep