cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41198718
Kakizome, the tradition of the first calligraphy of the year. Well, it's my first Japanese calligraphy of the year as I have already practised my regular business hand. You're supposed to just write a single kanji or sentence, but I did a page like my normal practice routine. Technically the right most one is thus the real kakizome.
I did a practice run of a variety of kana shoudo styles and finished it with the kanji and romaji in a business hand. I haven't been practising often lately so I have to do some more this year. Actually writing Japanese on paper is one of the least focused-on areas compared to listening, reading and talking. Even in the digital age handwritten work maintains its cultural and artistic significance. Consider giving it a try, even if it's just with a pencil.
And of course, 明けましておめでとうございます!
Beautiful! Would love to learn to write nicely someday. Right now I'm just learning to write the Kanji at all, my practice usually looks awful.
What are you writing with?
Thank you. My kanji isn't so good either, I usually practice kana because I like writing those... I'm writing with Kuretake No. 13 brush pen with a platinum converter inside. It has real brush hairs, synthetic ones. You can get one with natural hairs as well at a higher price. Watch out, if you look up "brush pen" there will be many pens that are called "brush pen" but don't really have a brush in them. They are kind of like markers with a soft tip, only emulating a brush. I use what ever fountain pen ink I have open, this time it is Waterman Mysterious Blue. Paper is a 1cm grid I think. The grid can help getting things straight but as you can see I'm all over the place in this one...