Thursday, August 4, 2011

What is Woyoshodo(和樣書道)is kind of calligraphy writing mixed Kanji and Kana?

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Well, there are mainly 2 styles of Shodo in Japan.
和様 Wayo means Japanese(和) style and 唐様 Karayo means Chinese(唐) style.
Of course Kanji was invented in China. Japan imported a lot of cultures from China including calligraphy.
About 1000 years ago, some calligraphers buillt Japanese own style. That is Wayo,
and the conventional calligraphy is called Karayo.
Generally Wayo is softer than Karayo.
But I can't explain the difference in detail.

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