Art Words matter in this showcase of Japanese calligraphy at the Freer. Exhibition of Buddhist sutras, though written in Chinese for a religion imported from India, shows how Japanese artists made ...

A Japanese Calligraphy Simulator Game! Not only can you practice writing with a brush following examples, but you can also practice writing hiragana and katakana!

Kanji are symbols that represent words in Japanese. They can stand alone, or they can combine with other kanji or kana to create more words and ideas. They are descended from Chinese characters, which ...

Calligraphy by a South Korean independence hero, created while awaiting execution for assassinating a Japanese leader, is breaking new auction records in Seoul, as the country's ultra-rich seek to ...

A new “Paths of Ink” exhibition celebrating the art of calligraphy will open in the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Schaefer International Gallery on Nov. 12, with works by eight Japanese and ...

Kanji characters were developed in China and then, since the fifth century AD, used in the Japanese written language. Seniors Christopher Bibat of Chicago and Keisuke Ohtani of Machida, Japan, are ...

Japanese Days of week in Kanji What is Kanji in Japanese? "Kanji" (漢字) are logographic Chinese characters that have been adopted and integrated into the Japanese writing system. They are used ...