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.

I'm a reporter specialised in Swiss foreign affairs, Japanese-Swiss relations ... applied wildly on canvases. “Because calligraphy is a traditional art – a kata – I used to feel restricted ...

In Japan, calligraphy is more than just writing—it’s an art form that requires patience, focus, and respect for tradition. This video gives a rare look inside a Japanese calligraphy class ...

“For us Japanese, nature is something that accompanies human existence ... focus on early modern and modern Japanese fine art, most notably calligraphy and painting. The gallery has been ...

The private galleries and curiosity shops of London and Paris were flooded with Japanese woodblock prints, calligraphy and ceramics. But one traditional art form was, in retrospect, conspicuous by ...

“It’s almost a typewriter style of calligraphy,” notes the show’s curator, Frank Feltens, the museum’s curator of Japanese art. The texts may be unreadable to most visitors, but what’s ...

Courtesy photo A new “Paths of Ink” exhibition celebrating the art of calligraphy will open ... It features three Japanese calligraphy artists, Bisei Fukushima Koshu, Michiko Hamasaki and ...