️ This video takes you inside a Japanese calligraphy school, where students practice the art of shodō, writing kanji and kana with traditional brushes. Watch as they perfect each stroke!

An curved arrow pointing right. Traditional Japanese calligraphy ink, referred to as sumi ink, comes in a solid form. It takes at least four years of production before these ink sticks can be sold ...

This is evident in the student testimonials: “The Japanese calligraphy workshop was such a fun and interesting experience. Our instructor linked traditional with modern styles of calligraphy to create ...

Toko Shinoda is a Japanese artist known for sumi ink paintings and prints that blend traditional calligraphy with Modern abstraction. Influenced by American Abstract Expressionists like Jackson ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A handmade calligraphy brush, custom made for a master calligrapher, can cost over $1,000. At Hata Bunshindou each brush tip is made by a single artisan.

“Haste not, Rest not” goes a framed, witty motto in English, hand-written with a traditional Japanese calligraphy brush by Inazo Nitobe (1862-1933). The piece leaps out when visitors step ...

When she was a kid, she loved drawing Japanese characters so much that she begged her parents to let her take calligraphy lessons. Tomoko has been away from calligraphy during her early adulthood.

Although the foundation of Shinoda's artworks was based on traditional Japanese calligraphy, she began exploring Western abstract expressionism through ink in the postwar years. She insisted on ...