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Calligraphy , shodoo 書道


East Asian calligraphy

Asian calligraphy typically uses ink brushes to write Chinese characters (called Hanzi in Chinese, Hanja in Korean, Kanji in Japanese, and Hán Tu in Vietnamese). Calligraphy (in Chinese, Shufa 書法, in Korean, Seoye 書藝, in Japanese Shodō 書道, all meaning "the way of writing") is considered an important art in East Asia and the most refined form of East Asian painting.

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77 Dances: Japanese Calligraphy by Poets, Monks, and Scholars, 1568-1868
Stephen Addis



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TANCHU TERAYAMA and Zen Calligraphy: Hitsuzendo

"Dragon" Calligraphy by Yamaoka Tesshu


Scrolls with Daruma, many with calligraphy


Inkstone, 翡翠硯（すずり） suzuri with Daruma face !



Literally "The Way of Writing"
All about Calligraphy by Mark Schumacher !


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............... H A I K U


kigo for the New Year

First Calligraphy, kakizome 書初め
..... kissho 吉書





taking the brush
365 days
first calligraphy

Gabi Greve

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writing a spell, gihoo o kaku 儀方を書く (ぎほうをかく)
..... gihoo o shosu 儀方を書す（ぎほうをしょす）
kigo for mid-summer

In ancient China it was custom to write the two letters GIHO　儀方 on a piece of paper and paste this onto the main pillar of the home to ward off mosquitoes and flies during the summer time. In Japan, this tradition was followed for some time too.


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First Birthday Calligraphy in India
haiku topic for India

We have calligraphy in every Indian language - an art that was practiced most widely, until the computer fonts came into being! The most preferred is the Sanskritised letters in English - English lettering which resembles the Sanskrit script.
On a child's first birthday - his/ her hand is guided by the Hindu priest who writes the first letters of the alphabets of the child mother tongue, on rice [with the husk] placed on a plate.

Kala Ramesh

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©　Hindu Wisdom, Indian Art


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