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    Shodo: The way of calligraphy
    Shodo: The way of calligraphy
    Shodo: The way of calligraphy
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    Shodo: The way of calligraphy

    By Norio Nagayama

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    The first interactive digital book on Shodo, the way of calligraphy, with pictures and video lessons of Nagayama Norio Sensei.
    More than 100 photos, illustrations and haiku; 70 videos-exercises in kanji, kaisho, the seals, the rules spelling of the kanji, the sayings of the Masters.
    A manual to understand and learn the Japanese writing.

    "This new form of interactive books allows to overcome the major limitation of traditional books: the lack of a direct relationship with the teacher, to observe the rhythm and learn intuition and gesture.
    This book is an introduction to the practice of calligraphy as a way of life, but can also serve those who are interested in writing our language and understand the technique of our art. "
    Nagayama Norio Sensei
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigital Index
    Release dateApr 28, 2014
    ISBN9788897982821
    Shodo: The way of calligraphy

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      Book preview

      Shodo - Norio Nagayama

      Norio Nagayama

      Shodo

      The way of calligraphy

      DIGITAL INDEX

      Introduction

      This digital book (can we still call it a book?) is an updated version of the first book I published in Italy.

      This new interactive approach to creating books won me over immediately, since, by inserting a video, it allows us to overcome the greatest shortcoming of traditional books, which was the lack of any direct contact with the Master.

      It is through watching the Master that we observe rhythm and develop a sense of how to perform a movement correctly.

      In teaching its rudiments, this book is an introduction not only to the practice of calligraphy, but also to the practice of life.

      However, it may be of use both to those interested in writing our language, and to those who which to understand the technique of our art.

      Nagayama Norio Sensei

      What is Shodō

      intro

      On a white sheet of rice paper a brush distributes black ink...

      Dark lines, soft, sinuous,

      decisive, vital, biting,

      seem to settle on the empty page,

      at random...

      To the more discerning eye,

      however,an order in the composition is at once apparent;

      relationships emerge,

      harmonious and discordant,

      between the filled and empty spaces;

      a rhythm can be glimpsed, a fluency of movement,

      whose intensity varies.

      Yet something else is also apparent:

      what the Chinese refer to with the word

      shenyun

      Translated literally, it means

      enchantment of the spirit.

      We are standing before a work of

      sho

      a work of calligraphy...

      In the West, the word calligraphy conjures up visions of the beautiful writing of the past, the patient, painstaking work of the amanuensis, but nothing at all akin to painting or artistic creation.

      In the East, by contrast, calligraphy is closely linked to painting. It is an art to all intents and purposes and, as such, is also a way of life.

      The word

      shodō

      which is commonly translated as

      THE ART OF CALLIGRAPHY

      is composed of two kanji (characters):

      sho means the art of writing,

      dō means the Tao, the quest for the meaning of life.

      In other words

      shodō is the quest for the meaning of life through the practice of calligraphy.

      A good painter is first of all a good calligrapher, since the learning of the two arts takes place in parallel:

      in fact, they are both united by the same principles, by using the same materials and they are made using similar procedures.

      As with painting, the art of sho requires

      mastery of the brushstroke, decisiveness of movement, continuity of rhythm, control of the force exerted on the brush

      and

      there can be no retouching or correction.

      Shodō is an art that involves

      a long apprenticeship and constant pratice.

      It requires

      commitment to the mastery of the brushstrokes,

      since only a sound technique can enable students to acquire spontaneity of movement,

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