1.
What is calligraphy and what is its importance
for Japanese people?
Calligraphy is a kind of art. People can change the letters depending on people’s skills. There are three types of Shodo which are Kaisho, Gyosho and Sosho. Shodo makes people’s letters get clear. That’s why I learned Calligraphy when I was child. People often write letters in daily life. Especially, Japanese people see how letters are good or not because if someone’s letters are messy, people thing that the people are not good character or not serious. 2. What equipment and tools do you have to have to do Japanese calligraphy? When we do shodo, we have to prepare An inkstick (墨 sumi) Mulberry paper (和紙 washi) An inkstone (硯 suzuri) A paper weight (文鎮 bunchin) A cloth (下敷き shitajiki) A brush (筆 fudé?) 3. Take a picture or/scan your calligraphy work you did in the class (Feb 25th, Wednesday) and upload it. 4. Your personal comments about experiencing Japanese calligraphy. It had been while to do shodo until last class, so it was nostalgic. Plus, if I haven’t done shodo for long time, I felt my letters got messy. So if there are other opportunities, I want to try it again. It was an good opportunities to let foreigners know how to shodo or how it is. |