In your first interactions with Japanese culture and kanji, you may well come across the ancient art of shodo, Japanese calligraphy. Watching calligraphy masters can be almost hypnotic, with their ...

Most of us think of calligraphy as an elegant form of writing, grand for wedding invitations and formal announcements, but just writing. “Calligraphic Abstraction,” at the Seattle Asian Art Museum ...

Hiroko Fay said it may be just one drop of blood coursing through her veins that ties her to the Japanese Imperial family of hereditary monarchs. Fay is the granddaughter of powerful steel ...

Start small, says Kazuko Kano, a master calligrapher and director of Japanese calligraphic arts at Seichou Karate. “First I teach basic strokes, simple Chinese characters,” says Kano, who also does ...

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The calligraphy works of two ‘master calligraphers’ are priced at 2 million KRW each. If all 57 works by the two artists are sold, ...