Japanese calligraphy, or shodo, is an ancient art that marries beauty with precision. From writing beautiful characters to ...

Summary A Japanese Calligraphy Simulator Game! Not only can you practice writing with a brush following examples, but you can also practice writing hiragana and katakana! Self-scoring kanji tests!

Art in Japan often comes from a philosophical standpoint, where the process is equally important as the result. This is particularly true when it comes to the Japanese calligraphy art of shodo. On ...

Kana shodo is one of the few remaining female-only scripts in the world. By melding it with modern art forms, Japanese artist Kaoru Akagawa is intent on keeping the ancient Japanese calligraphy alive.

That country was in what is now South Korea, but the writings were in Chinese. So are all the examples of made-in-Japan calligraphy in this show, which date mostly from the eighth to 12th centuries.