Widely considered Korea’s most prominent calligrapher, Jung Do-Jun will be featured in the upcoming “Paths of Ink” exhibition at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Courtesy photo A new “Paths of Ink” ...

As a teenager, Kaoru Akagawa couldn’t read her Japanese grandmother’s letters, but she put it down to her unclear handwriting. Over a decade later, Kaoru realized her grandmother hadn’t been a poor ...

Students from Fukuchiyama High School teach Japanese calligraphy to students visiting from Australia, in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, on Oct. 4, 2024. (Mainichi/Manabu Niwata) FUKUCHIYAMA, Kyoto -- ...

In your first interactions with Japanese culture and kanji, you may well come across the ancient art of shodo, Japanese calligraphy. Watching calligraphy masters can be almost hypnotic, with their ...

CAMP ZAMA (Dec. 2, 2019) -- Ken Ishida started teaching shodo--the traditional Japanese art of calligraphy--at the Camp Zama Arts and Crafts Center about 10 years ago. Since then, Ishida has observed ...

Many Japanese learners have a love/hate relationship with kanji. There are too many readings, they look too similar to other characters or are just really hard to write neatly—especially on government ...