When Bryan sees his daughter Alice practicing Japanese calligraphy with a brush and ink, he is struck by how outdated it all seems... When do you need to use a pen nowadays, let alone a brush?!

ONTARIO — Sora Shodo started learning shodo, which is Japanese calligraphy, when she was 6 years old. She was inspired by her ...

The Japanese calligrapher Souun Takeda, who pushes the boundaries between traditional “shodo” calligraphy and modern art, is holding his first European solo exhibition in Zurich. Kaoru is a ...

Sora, a talented Japanese shodo artist, is celebrating Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani’s historic 50-50 season with a piece of art ...

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.

Calligraphy, literally "beautiful writing," has been appreciated as an art form in many different cultures throughout the world, but the stature of calligraphy in Chinese culture is unmatched. In ...

What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on ...

Japanese is a language isolate, spoken by 121 million people in Japanese archipelago. There are small Japanese communities in American Samoa, Hawaii, North and South ...

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calligraphy, paintings, and much more, some of which are designated as national treasures and “important cultural properties” by the Japanese government. In addition to artifacts from Japan's ...

It also comes with thorough instructions and a video tutorial with lots of hints and tips, so it’s perfect for beginners who want to learn more about the ancient Japanese art form. If you fancy ...

After spending the equivalent of an entire mortgage payment on school supplies for my children, I’m frustrated. And I’m not the only one. The rising cost of school supplies is straining my ...