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.