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All You Need To Begin Japanese Calligraphy “Shodo”

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

Calligraphy Pens – A Tool Enable You Instantly To Write Japanese Calligraphy

For Japanese calligraphy Shodo, one uses writing brush and Sumi ink to write. However, equipment [...]

How Many Kanji Characters Are There?

I’d say the answer first. In reality, there is no right answer for this question.However, [...]

When The Numbers Should Be Written in Kanji Characters

The only common language all over the world is mathematics. Of course, it is the [...]

Japanese Bamboo: 12 Incredible Uses of this Eco-Friendly Resource

Continuing our series on Japan’s abundant natural bamboo forests, today’s article will give you a [...]

Which Style of Kanji You Like Most? Various Writing Styles of Japanese Kanji Characters

Shodo writing, Japanese calligraphy, is an artistic expression of writing characters with brush and Sumi [...]

Japanese Bamboo: Nature’s Gift for Japanese Arts, Crafts, and Industry

Images of the tall, slender bamboo (take – pronounced tah-kay) tree have become almost synonymous [...]

How To Distinguish Japanese Writing? – You Should See If There Is…

Compared to alphabet which consists of 26 characters, there are huge characters in Japanese writing. [...]

Masamune and Muramasa: The Secret History of Japan’s Two Greatest Katana Swordmakers (Part 2)

Muramasa’s Cursed Yōtō Swords: History and Top 3 Creepy Legends Today’s article is part 2 [...]

Easiest Lecture of Kanji History – Only One Ancient Characters Existing Today

Kanji is a symbol in Japanese writing system.It has unique shapes completely different from alphabet, [...]