Shodo quiz
Can you guess which one was written by one of the
top calligraphy experts in Japan, and which one was written by
me?
I had a really amazing day last Sunday, when a friend of my calligraphy sensei came to visit and held a weekend workshop on 'tensho', the old style Chinese characters that evolved into the kanji used today. They look a lot more like pictures and by studying them a little you can often make sense of the current versions. Writing 'tensho' requires a different kind of technique than the precise strokes of 'sosho' that I have been writing. The beginning and end of the strokes are a lot more coarse and there is less focus on 'pretty' lines. This approach is much more suited to my right (wrong) handed style, and I fell in love with it at once. I must have written those two characters at least fifty times that day. The picture above is an early version and I managed to make a less clean version later on (mine is on the right) that Itani sensei liked, which made me very happy. He wrote another model for me to work on that I really like. I will post a picture once I make a satisfactory version of it. I also received a kanji version of my name from Itani sensei, โไป่ฆโ, pronounced 'niku'. The meaning of the first character is "virtue, charity" ,and the second is "hardship, worry, difficult". I am still trying to figure out what he was going for.
I have been crazy busy lately, and apologize for my sparse posts. School has started up again and I still have another week of rehearsal, every night, for the shishimai festival. Today we put up the electric lanterns throughout the neighborhood. It around quick this year. I am really looking forward to the festival this year, as I feel a little more able to contribute on the flute and taiko. I will take many pictures.
I had a really amazing day last Sunday, when a friend of my calligraphy sensei came to visit and held a weekend workshop on 'tensho', the old style Chinese characters that evolved into the kanji used today. They look a lot more like pictures and by studying them a little you can often make sense of the current versions. Writing 'tensho' requires a different kind of technique than the precise strokes of 'sosho' that I have been writing. The beginning and end of the strokes are a lot more coarse and there is less focus on 'pretty' lines. This approach is much more suited to my right (wrong) handed style, and I fell in love with it at once. I must have written those two characters at least fifty times that day. The picture above is an early version and I managed to make a less clean version later on (mine is on the right) that Itani sensei liked, which made me very happy. He wrote another model for me to work on that I really like. I will post a picture once I make a satisfactory version of it. I also received a kanji version of my name from Itani sensei, โไป่ฆโ, pronounced 'niku'. The meaning of the first character is "virtue, charity" ,and the second is "hardship, worry, difficult". I am still trying to figure out what he was going for.
I have been crazy busy lately, and apologize for my sparse posts. School has started up again and I still have another week of rehearsal, every night, for the shishimai festival. Today we put up the electric lanterns throughout the neighborhood. It around quick this year. I am really looking forward to the festival this year, as I feel a little more able to contribute on the flute and taiko. I will take many pictures.
Posted: Sun - September 11, 2005 at 02:10 PM
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