the charm of calligraphy 201210912 syunngo sato

The charm of calligraphy 201210912 syunngo sato

Next, I would like to introduce its charm.

Calligraphy is Japanese traditional culture that is closely related to people’s life. For example, class of compulsory education, new years writing and so on. Some people say calligraphy is that learning to life. It is a deep study. Process to challenge man times without the work that envisioned myself and satisfaction when finished can be said the charm of calligraphy. The more learn calligraphy, the deeper that charm.

Calligraphy reflects your feeling. We don’t just write a letter. Some people say their feeling emerge on a letter in nature. If you relaxed, you would write calm letters. If you were angry, you would write rough letter. Calligraphy as art is not only writing well. Calligraphy has each personality. Recently, computer has been developed and type has increased. It is very mechanical. Handwriting is more interesting than type since it has each personality.

Traditionally uniqe atmosphere that calligraphy release is said to be relaxed feeling. I like that atmosphere too. And Chinese ink that use calligraphy has a healing effect. So It is said that calligraphy is the elimination of stress. Some people do calligraphy when they feel anxiety and irritation. In addition, calligraphy leads to increase to concentration. Since people are able to start easily, they do calligraphy as a hobby.

Learning calligraphy, we are able to write beautiful letters in nature. It is very useful on the daily life. some parents let their children go to calligraphy school in order to they can write beautiful letters. Writing a letter is one of the important way that tell feeling.

And it is said that personality appears on the letters. Beautiful and lively letter attracts people. On the other way, messy and dirty letter gives them bad impression. Writing is indispensable on the daily life. So there are many people who want to write neatly.

Next, I would like to introduce its charm.

Calligraphy is Japanese traditional culture that is closely related to people’s life. For example, class of compulsory education, new years writing and so on. Some people say calligraphy is that learning to life. It is a deep study. Process to challenge man times without the work that envisioned myself and satisfaction when finished can be said the charm of calligraphy. The more learn calligraphy, the deeper that charm.

Calligraphy reflects your feeling. We don’t just write a letter. Some people say their feeling emerge on a letter in nature. If you relaxed, you would write calm letters. If you were angry, you would write rough letter. Calligraphy as art is not only writing well. Calligraphy has each personality. Recently, computer has been developed and type has increased. It is very mechanical. Handwriting is more interesting than type since it has each personality.

Traditionally uniqe atmosphere that calligraphy release is said to be relaxed feeling. I like that atmosphere too. And Chinese ink that use calligraphy has a healing effect. So It is said that calligraphy is the elimination of stress. Some people do calligraphy when they feel anxiety and irritation. In addition, calligraphy leads to increase to concentration. Since people are able to start easily, they do calligraphy as a hobby.

Learning calligraphy, we are able to write beautiful letters in nature. It is very useful on the daily life. some parents let their children go to calligraphy school in order to they can write beautiful letters. Writing a letter is one of the important way that tell feeling.

And it is said that personality appears on the letters. Beautiful and lively letter attracts people. On the other way, messy and dirty letter gives them bad impression. Writing is indispensable on the daily life. So there are many people who want to write neatly.

Calligraphy is able to manage human relationship.

Some people send a postcard of paper that they write with brush people who helped them at work. Of course, using PC or cellphone is earlier than that. But use of analogue way is impressive. In these exchanges, communication will be well. In addition, it maybe leads to business.

Calligraphy is able to manage human relationship.

Some people send a postcard of paper that they write with brush people who helped them at work. Of course, using PC or cellphone is earlier than that. But use of analogue way is impressive. In these exchanges, communication will be well. In addition, it maybe leads to business.

Difference between calligraph and shosha 201210912 shungo sato

 Difference between calligraph and shosha 201210912 shungo sato

The word “shosha”(copy)and “shuji”(penmanship) is one of the language which resembled calligraphy in Japanese. Japanese people have a person using these at the same meaning. However, in fact, a meaning is different clearly.

First of all, the difference between a “shosha” and “shuji” is explained. These two call it the same thing. However, when it says strictly, it is different for a while. It is intelligible when it thinks it will be called “shuji” in the cram school which also teaches a "shosha", and calligraphy and a “shosha” by school education if it collects simply. When there was during the postwar period historically, the subject "shuji" was in elementary and junior high schools. Therefore, seemingly the generation's person calls even now and the way of calling called penmanship is established especially in the cram school.

In the case of the elementary school, “shosha” is advanced for the purpose of what etc. "it prepares correctly and are written", The right way of writing of a character is taught as to what kind of thing it is bearing in mind that “shosha” uses a character as a tool for aiming at the right communication without an error using the form of the character called what is called a "shoshatai." Although “shuji” has pointed out the same thing historically, it has pointed out cram school and a calligraphy cram school now. Therefore, the consciousness said from the preparatory step of calligraphy to calligraphy is strong, and does not teach “shosha”. It is almost the case not to teach a way, a stop, etc. containing a brush which is performed by “shosha”, and to teach focusing on how to use a calligraphy brash.

Next, the difference between a “shosha” and calligraphy is explained. The first difference between calligraphy and “shosha” is that calligraphy is art and “shosha” is language.“When it collects intelligibly, “shosha” is a subject which writes a character correctly. Calligraphy is a subject which gives and writes art to a character.“- to read - to write - to talks –“ it is an important element of a language, the “shosha”corresponds to the portion of "writing" in it. Since calligraphy is learned from the inside of three, “the music, the fine arts, and the calligraphy” of the department of art, by selection, it is called “art calligraphy”, “selection calligraphy”, etc. Since calligraphy is learned from the inside of three, “the music, the fine arts, and the calligraphy” of the department of art, by selection, it is called “art calligraphy”, “selection calligraphy”, etc.

]Since calligraphy is art, if it says anything I may teach how, it is not so. After using a classic work fundamentally and studying the history and the mode of expression of a character, he is trying to touch on art expression little by little. It must not write depending on the random way of writing at all, and the miswritten word omission of a word is also bad.

types of calligraphy 201210912 shungo sato

The types of calligraphy  201210912 shungo sato

There are mainly five types of calligraphy.

It is divided into five, an archaic script, a clerical script, fully cursive style, running-style script, and a square style.

The character has accomplished changes through a time.

Archaic script

In B.C. 221, when the China whole country was governed, Shih-huang-ti abolished the character of the countries till then, and ordered compulsive use by making into a common unification character the archaic script which is a character of its own country.

This is usually widely known as unification of a character.

A line is written with the same thickness. The both ends of drawing are rounded and it is underlined with all lines with the same thickness.

The balance of the vertical and horizontal size is ready, and it has evolved into the character which gives a very intellectual and grave impression.

On the other hand, in order to make a curve into a subject, it has an organic attractive point, and it has become a style of handwriting with a peculiar atmosphere.

Clerical script

The thing which simplified the archaic script and which was made easy-to-use.

It became a straight line subject from the curvilinear subject of the archaic script. It is close to the present square style. It is the main features that every character is oblong with motion of brash which waves by payment of right and left.

Fully cursive style

unlike the cursive writing which is similarly a brush style of handwriting of a Chinese character, the abbreviation of stroke count is greatly performed so that things may be made. since it is alike and the regular peculiar abbreviation is carried out, what is written if the form for every character is not memorized cannot be read in many cases, either.

In practice, although it was from the time of clerical script, after the days and months for hundreds of years passed from it, generally it was used.

Moreover, a calligrapher difference may be great.

Running-style script

One of the styles of handwriting of a Chinese character.

While the square style object is drawing a stroke exactly, in cursive writing, a character is connected and written. However, like fully cursive style, since type does not necessarily differ from square style sharply, reading, if square style is known is possible. Compared with fully cursive style, it is roughly classified according to a sensuous difference called a strict style of handwriting and the style of handwriting which broke to square style. Although running-style script was not like fully cursive style, it was for shorthand, and although it was not as square style, since it read lucidly, it was used for the official-business document or the document for festivals in ancient China.

Square style

A brush is detached and written, without continuing a stroke.

It is the type near a rectangle.

As for the horizontal line, placing of a brush, the middle line, and the stop of the brush have clarified in many cases.(“sankasetu”)

It can be said that it is the most fundamental type of a Chinese character now.

The square style object was born to a comparatively new era.

It is called what was change and was borne by clerical script.

How calligraphy transmitted in Japan? 201210912 shungo sato

How calligraphy transmitted in Japan? 201210912 shungo sato

Calligraphy was introduced with kanji from China. Chinese culture that Buddhism and “kanji” was introduced through Korean Peninsula. It is said that calligraphy was transmitted to the yayoi era. But initially, there was no culture of character in japan. Whether the paper was introduced to Japan we are not clear. It is also not clear how the paper was made. Prince Shotoku was Buddhist reverence and was erected the Horyuji.、transcribing a sutra became popular, and they require a lot of public paper. In this way, the calligraphy was rapidly developed during the Asuka period.

 Three famous ancient calligrapher : Emperor Saga and Tachibana (no) Hayanari and Kooboo Daishi (Kukai) has appeared around the 9th century. They are typical calligrapher of the Heian period. I want to introduce about Kukai. Kukai is known as the founder of Shingon sent of Buddhism later. Kukai was not only excellent a man of religion, but also excelled in Chinese poetry sentence. He has left various legends to future generations. For example, it is said that Kukai was written five lines at a time with hold the brush of five to the left and right hands and feet and mouth. In addition, the proverb about Kukai and calligraphy are left today. For example, “Kobo nimo hude no ayamari”,”Kobo hude wo erabazu” Kukai went to Sui China as a Japanese envoy to Sui Dynasty China. He learned a variety of literature and politics there, and brought back to Japan. In addition, Kukai incorporated the technipue that called “hihaku no sho” It was very popular in Chine at that time.

The characteristic in Japanese calligraphy is that combine “kanji” and “hiragana”. “Hiragana” was created in early Heian period. It is something that has been made extremely upset “kanji”. When the noble wrote Japanese poetry that was Japanese central culture, they paid attention to the image that has the “kanji”. Because Japanese poetry should not only understand meaning. Japanese has accessories such as auxiliary particle and particle. But Chinese has not these. Nobles gradually have come to use the same “kanji” in order to make it easier for everyone to read.  Because the same “kanji” writing many times, let’s destroy the shape simplified. In this way, “hiragana” and “katakana” were created.

Calligraphy of the Heian period had been carried out only between people of high society. But, in the Edo period, calligraphy was spread to the common people. Because the institution for common people that called “terakoya” was established in various places. The children had learned reading the letter, writing a letter, and arithmetic,and so on. In this way, calligraphy began to spread in Japan.