" Autumn " Japanese calligraphy , and Ink brush of my calligraphy tools

　

 " 秋 " (shū, aki). It is translated as autumn, fall. This character is written by Kanzi, Cursive script.

 Etymology :　Semantic 秋 ⇒　禾 (grain)　+ 束 (bind) 

The meaning harvests the crops, and bundle it up. 

Autumn is the season of the blessing. The abundant leads people to the joy.

　

　

　　　　

　like a Ink brush

　　　

　　My brushes.Chinese culture is very fond of four word couplets, 

and the Four Treasures are another example: 　

　　

"文房四寶: 筆、墨、紙、硯," ( fude,  sumi,  kami,  suzuri ) 　　　

"The four jewels of the study: Brush, Ink, Paper, Inkstone."

　　　　Length of the hair of the writing brush is 3 from 5 inch.

　　　

　It is very thin and soft. The writing brush which I bought in Shanghai.

　

　

　

　

　　　Ink brush differ greatly in terms of size, texture, material and cost. 　　　

It's that can write the letter of various styles thereby. 

 　　　

This post is a re-edited version of the October 18, 2009 article.

　

　 Thank you for your visit, always. 　

bless you.

sincerely yours.

　

Seal cutting Ⅰ Japanese calligraphy

It is called "rakkann" to seal with a signature of the calligraphy.
It is called "tennkoku" to make the seal (seal cutting).




Tennkoku is established as the world of the art which a calligraphy and a sculpture connected. I make it with oneself.




As for this stone, tennkoku is for exclusive use.
There are various kinds and scales.

As for the most famous seal, it was sealed calligraphy of Wang Xizhi.

Seal cutting Ⅱ Japanese calligraphy

There are two kinds of rakkann (seal).
The letter that the right side is red. The letter that the left is white.




A red letter is called "shu bun".
(shu bun in Japanese, lit. "red characters" seals imprint the Chinese characters in red ink.)

A white letter is called "haku bun".
(haku bun in Japanese, lit. "white characters" seals imprint the background in red, leaving white characters.)




I sculpt it such an appliance across the stone. The chisel has various kinds depending on the size of the character, the kind of the stone.




I sculpt a letter it while referring to a seal character dictionary.
A calligrapher is a sculptor, too.

Inkstick of the calligraphy

It is the Inkstick (sumi) which it bought dozens of years ago.
The Inkstick becomes the moderate it that time passes.
While I live, I may not use all Inksticks I have.


There is the round Inkstick. Various sculptures are given.
This Inkstick expresses a rat (ne) of the twelve signs of Earthly Branches. Therefore, there are 12 kinds of designs.
It is one of the culture of the Far East.


My relative is doing calligraphy of the big size.

Please watch my ink brush, click here.
Please watch my ink stone, click here.

Inkstone of the calligraphy

It is Inkstone that it is put centrally.
It is about 10kg : 350 ounces.
Length about 40cm : 16inch, Width about 15cm : 6inch


It is cut a big stone in half aside. When I do big calligraphy, I use it.　


It is small inkstone (Length about 20cm : 7.8inch) and Inkstick. I usually use this .　
This inkstone is Duanshi stone (Japanese: Tankei) from Duanxi.
It is one of Four Famous Varieties.

The far East culture is very fond of four word couplets, and the Four Treasures are another example: "文房四寶: The Brush 筆(fude)、The Ink stick 墨(sumi)、The Paper 紙(kami)、The Inkstone 硯石(suzuri isi),"
"The four jewels of the study: Brush, Inkstick, Paper, Inkstone."

Please watch my ink stick, click here.
Please watch my ink brush, click here.

Ink brush of the calligraphy

　　　　like a Ink brush

　　　　My brushes.Chinese culture is very fond of four word couplets, and the Four Treasures are another example:
　　　"文房四寶: 筆、　　　墨、紙、硯," (fude, sumi, kami, suzuri)
　　　"The four jewels of the study: Brush, Ink, Paper, Inkstone."

　　　　Length of the hair of the writing brush is 3 from 5 inch.

　　　　It is very thin and soft. The writing brush which I bought in Shanghai.

　　　　Ink brush differ greatly in terms of size, texture, material and cost.
　　　It's that can write the letter of various styles thereby.

　　　Please watch my ink stick, click here.
　　　Please watch my ink stone, click here.

　　　This post carried the thing which I contributed on September 18, today again.