Hi all, I’ve done a workshop in shodō during my holiday in Tokyo. I instantly fell in love with it, bought all the equipment to get started and found myself questioning myself: How do I learn to do this by myself?

I’m based in the Netherlands so I already figure that there’s no shodō school in my area so are there any resources recommended for absolute beginners?

Hi everyone,

I hope I do not offend with this question, but I am very interested in getting a tattoo of a quote written in a shodo / brush stroke style as seen in this sub reddit. However, before I commit to a tattoo, I want to be sure I am writing the correct quote.

Is there any resources available to find a correct translation of a quote to shodo script?

The quote I am referencing is "Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world" quoted from Miyamoto Musashi

Thank you for your time!

I've been practicing shodo for about a year now and have recently been studying the history of shodo/shufa in depth. My question is, does anyone know of a detailed list or chart of all (or most) of the different scripts? I don't mean just the well known 5 or 6 like small seal, large seal, standard, semi-cursive, cursive etc. I mean all the obscure ones like worm script, draft cursive script, bird script, etc. If it's in English, great, if not, that's fine too. Thanks!

A friend bought this painting but couldn't identify what's the name of the artist written in it.

I asked my japanese teacher (native japanese) and she said even herself couldn't read it, since it's like a pen name.

Anyone has any guesses or has came across it?

https://preview.redd.it/i5512lmpuxud1.png?width=221&format=png&auto=webp&s=aa096bb152b7d049a04326fd203556390a1aaae9

I got this calligraphy in a Buddhist temple in Kyoto. I'm not even sure whether it's Japanese or Chinese let alone distinguish the cursive characters. Can you guys figure it out? Thanks

https://preview.redd.it/bawcmn1ratrd1.jpg?width=3744&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b3752616bb121b6ab08f40ebaa5b370d31fbec01

Hello here, I’ve been doing calligraphy for some years now, with teachers, and on my own. I may have some opportunities to travel to Japan in the coming months, and I would love to take some courses there with some teachers, ideally, a several days training, also, visiting some artists’ studios could be great. Problem is that my Japanese is actually very limited. So, if you know some teachers who can speak a bit of English (and understand my broken Japanese, who knows!) I would be super interested! Thank you for any hint or advice! And keep writing 🙂

南無釈迦様佛

Is this the proper kanji for a prayer / wall hanging?

https://preview.redd.it/7am0qy1e5bfd1.png?width=277&format=png&auto=webp&s=e7256297ab69e97d65b06296bc37a9ca3abcfc11

https://preview.redd.it/cuxg1qqf5bfd1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d2323035278ba7c06265daeb34600c92ea04c409

https://preview.redd.it/ygoyuxdg5bfd1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf82b5a7053ec4827e59cb62d480a24dc2aaad22

https://preview.redd.it/2nppiach5bfd1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52f389c1d91579f7e1c476f9c0eb4ab5bf5341dd

Thanks in advance =)

Would anyone be able to help me translate these? From my great grandfather, unfortunately I don't know enough to fully translate them myself. Thanks!

https://preview.redd.it/eaq7t2ihsafd1.jpg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbf3d4e5927558c12c94712d48f124290333f287

https://preview.redd.it/eah95u7isafd1.jpg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=97caffbc4330a03338b8153d908bb1bd020b7041