Learning Japanese Calligraphy
Up your kanji game with Japanese calligraphy practice. Many Japanese learners have a love/hate relationship with kanji. there are too many readings, they look too similar to other characters or are just really hard to write neatly—especially on government forms. One way to improve your kanji writing, as well as learn a new skill or perhaps even find a surprising hidden talent of your own, is to try shodo (Japanese calligraphy). What is shodo?Shodo, or “the way of writing,” quite literally means calligraphy in Japanese. Originally brought to Japan from China between the 1st and 5th centuries, i...