can someone please explain the smaller text and the red stamp? is that something like the artists signature? i see that a lot in traditional paintings and have always wondered what it is
@BREATHxOFxHEAVEN Yes, the small script is my signature. Sometimes also are written things like the date when the work was done, for example. The hanko (判こ) is the general term for the seal in Japanese, but there are many varieties and descriptions for them by its characteristics and placement in the calligraphy. Rakkan (落款) is to sign and seal the blank space at the (usually) left edge of a completed calligraphy or painting. All of this is very important and must be done carefully.
@Sanpitsu interesting. thanks a lot for your timely reply. keep up the good work. ive developed an appreciation of zen through studying religion in college and for calligraphy by doing it on my own. practice is enlightenment.
@BREATHxOFxHEAVEN Thank you to you for your interest. I just want to ad that the names used in shodou are ones generally given to you by a teacher. I usually sign with the one given to me by my Zen teacher. Also the seals are in fact a kind of signature and the script used for them is called in Japanese 'tensho" (篆書) or seal script. The seals are also important to authenticate the original works of calligrapers.The squares seals are generally the ones where you engrave your name.Gassho _/I\_
thanks for your help, but the problem is, it is so hard to find a calligraphy teacher to guide me (since I am in Britain) and I have to learn through instruction videos. When I write vertical strokes, for some reason I manage to make the starting point to just be round and a dotted shape. Also, will I regress in calligraphy if I practice only once a week in the future?
All can say is keep practicing, even if you do it only once a week. As for looking for some instruction, I can recommend you to go to the Japanese embassy or consulate nearby and ask in the cultural department (they usually have one) for any shodou teacher they may know. I looked in Google and there is a shodou association in Britain whose teacher is Shoko Ono sensei. You may look at this.
Hello, thanks for posting and you are very kind. Thank you! It is quiet hard to explain things without being present with a brush at hand. I just use the tip of the brush very gently at the beginning, at contact with the paper. I would recommend looking for a shodou teacher or a chinese teacher if you don't have one. It's harder to learn on your own. There are also a lot of instructional videos on chinese calligraphy on youtube that may help you on these matters.
I can answer that. The writing in the video is exclusively 露鋒 (expose tip), that is, the sharp point of the brush is used to create a point at the beginning of the stroke. Also, vertical strokes are usually written 側鋒 (sideways tip), which gives the beginning somewhat of a bicuspid shape.
Yes, follow your teacher's instruction, is very important, but is also good to see how others do, for more learning. I don't do chinese calligraphy but japanese 書道, so techniques may vary. I would recomend watching the artvirtue videos for chinese calligraphy and also sf108com and 001Asoer videos. As for the curved strokes, it may depend on the style you are writting. Kaisho is more straigth, sosho style is kind of more curved. That is the best I can respond for the moment.
I just wanted to ad, since you study chinese calligraphy, that what is called in japanese the kaisho script, is in chinese kǎishū (楷書), and what is known as Sosho, in chinese is the cǎoshū (草書) script.
Hello. About the brush question, I used three different brushes and for the last part of the video the biggest one was used (without counting the one for the signature) It may look small from the camera perspective, and certainly, the handle is thin, but the bristle have a lot of hair and can absorb a lot of ink also. I didn't want to use a bigger brush because I wanted the kasure effect (flying white) to be present at some moment.
As for the characters so big, I can only say that in japanese calligraphy is not unusual at all to do this. Certainly there are rules, and there are different sizes of washi ( japanese paper) for calligraphy. So we have from hanshi to big jofuku size paper,etc. So you can write characters in varying sizes. Also, if you write big, you can show in some way that in 書道, and even more so in 禪書, you write with all your body and with all your being.
can someone please explain the smaller text and the red stamp? is that something like the artists signature? i see that a lot in traditional paintings and have always wondered what it is
BREATHxOFxHEAVEN 7 months ago
@BREATHxOFxHEAVEN Yes, the small script is my signature. Sometimes also are written things like the date when the work was done, for example. The hanko (判こ) is the general term for the seal in Japanese, but there are many varieties and descriptions for them by its characteristics and placement in the calligraphy. Rakkan (落款) is to sign and seal the blank space at the (usually) left edge of a completed calligraphy or painting. All of this is very important and must be done carefully.
Sanpitsu 7 months ago
@Sanpitsu interesting. thanks a lot for your timely reply. keep up the good work. ive developed an appreciation of zen through studying religion in college and for calligraphy by doing it on my own. practice is enlightenment.
BREATHxOFxHEAVEN 7 months ago
@BREATHxOFxHEAVEN Thank you to you for your interest. I just want to ad that the names used in shodou are ones generally given to you by a teacher. I usually sign with the one given to me by my Zen teacher. Also the seals are in fact a kind of signature and the script used for them is called in Japanese 'tensho" (篆書) or seal script. The seals are also important to authenticate the original works of calligrapers.The squares seals are generally the ones where you engrave your name.Gassho _/I\_
Sanpitsu 7 months ago
i love japanese culture
in my country i cant do something like this
i respect japan for a lot of things
the brush is called fude right?
GachaTaru2011 8 months ago
@GachaTaru2011 . Yes, the brush in Japanese is called fude (筆).
Japanese people are very nice and their culture very refined also. Lets pray that they can totally heal from the tragedy of this year .
I also hope that you may have the chance to learn and practice shodou or all the japanese ways you may be interested in someday very soon.
Sanpitsu 7 months ago
Beautiful.
musiclobber 1 year ago
@musiclobber Thank you.
Gassho
_/I\_
Sanpitsu 1 year ago
No word
kunstundleben07 1 year ago
@kunstundleben07 Gassho.
_/I\_
Sanpitsu 1 year ago
thanks a lot for your help!
Iampwnage152 2 years ago
thanks for your help, but the problem is, it is so hard to find a calligraphy teacher to guide me (since I am in Britain) and I have to learn through instruction videos. When I write vertical strokes, for some reason I manage to make the starting point to just be round and a dotted shape. Also, will I regress in calligraphy if I practice only once a week in the future?
Iampwnage152 2 years ago
All can say is keep practicing, even if you do it only once a week. As for looking for some instruction, I can recommend you to go to the Japanese embassy or consulate nearby and ask in the cultural department (they usually have one) for any shodou teacher they may know. I looked in Google and there is a shodou association in Britain whose teacher is Shoko Ono sensei. You may look at this.
Sanpitsu 2 years ago
the vertical strokes are just perfect... how do you make the start points of the vertical strokes to be sharp?
Iampwnage152 2 years ago
Hello, thanks for posting and you are very kind. Thank you! It is quiet hard to explain things without being present with a brush at hand. I just use the tip of the brush very gently at the beginning, at contact with the paper. I would recommend looking for a shodou teacher or a chinese teacher if you don't have one. It's harder to learn on your own. There are also a lot of instructional videos on chinese calligraphy on youtube that may help you on these matters.
_/\_
Gassho
Sanpitsu 2 years ago
I can answer that. The writing in the video is exclusively 露鋒 (expose tip), that is, the sharp point of the brush is used to create a point at the beginning of the stroke. Also, vertical strokes are usually written 側鋒 (sideways tip), which gives the beginning somewhat of a bicuspid shape.
001Asoer 2 years ago
ii do chinese caligarphy so i learnt not to let it break open like a mop or get curved
Thekennefication 2 years ago
Yes, follow your teacher's instruction, is very important, but is also good to see how others do, for more learning. I don't do chinese calligraphy but japanese 書道, so techniques may vary. I would recomend watching the artvirtue videos for chinese calligraphy and also sf108com and 001Asoer videos. As for the curved strokes, it may depend on the style you are writting. Kaisho is more straigth, sosho style is kind of more curved. That is the best I can respond for the moment.
_/\_
Gassho
Sanpitsu 2 years ago
I just wanted to ad, since you study chinese calligraphy, that what is called in japanese the kaisho script, is in chinese kǎishū (楷書), and what is known as Sosho, in chinese is the cǎoshū (草書) script.
Sanpitsu 2 years ago
Why do you write so big? And why with a small brush?
001Asoer 2 years ago
Hello. About the brush question, I used three different brushes and for the last part of the video the biggest one was used (without counting the one for the signature) It may look small from the camera perspective, and certainly, the handle is thin, but the bristle have a lot of hair and can absorb a lot of ink also. I didn't want to use a bigger brush because I wanted the kasure effect (flying white) to be present at some moment.
_/\_
Gassho
Sanpitsu 2 years ago
As for the characters so big, I can only say that in japanese calligraphy is not unusual at all to do this. Certainly there are rules, and there are different sizes of washi ( japanese paper) for calligraphy. So we have from hanshi to big jofuku size paper,etc. So you can write characters in varying sizes. Also, if you write big, you can show in some way that in 書道, and even more so in 禪書, you write with all your body and with all your being.
_/\_
Gassho
Sanpitsu 2 years ago
Muchas gracias por escribir. La musica es de flauta japonesa llamada Shakuhachi y que se suele asociar con el Budismo Zen.
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Gassho
Sanpitsu 2 years ago
que hermoso, gracias. sabe alguien el nombre de la musica?
mirthavi 2 years ago
Esta excelente el vídeo y su caligrafía!Saludos Sensei!
elbetex 2 years ago
Muchas gracias!
Gassho
_/\_
Sanpitsu 2 years ago
Excellent! Your calligraphy transmits true Zen.
munaykway 3 years ago
Thank you munaykway. Just doing my best!
Gassho
_/\_
Sanpitsu 3 years ago
Bellisimo!
hariohari 3 years ago
hariohari, muy agradecido.
_/\_
Gassho
Sanpitsu 3 years ago
Simplemente...¡¡¡¡Espectacular!!!
aloap165 3 years ago
Muchas gracias aloap165. Tus palabras son un estímulo para seguir practicando.
_/\_
Gassho
Sanpitsu 3 years ago
Jon te felicito me encanta!
Creativadada 3 years ago
Todavía falta para llegar a dominar en verdad el pincel... pero muchas gracias Creativadada.
_/\_
Gassho
Sanpitsu 3 years ago