Nihongo Space Presents
Kakizome hours 2025
Nihongo Space presents New Year's Kakizome Meeting
And ... Doll Festival Decorations
- Ookayama Venue: West 1 building, International Student Lounge
- Date and Time: January, 23th, 12:40-13:20 and after the kakizome, the event will continue for Doll Festival.
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What to bring: Nothing; we will prepare tools, brushes, and some sheets
of paper
- Admission: Free
- Application Form
- We suggest you to participate in casual clothes in case it gets stained.
- If you have a time after the event, you can enjoy Doll Festival decoration.
[Doll Festival/Hinamatsuri page]
Program: Lunch time 12:40-13:20
- 12:40 Instruction
- 12:45 Kakizome starts.
- 13:10 Appreciation: comments on calligraphy works
- 13:15 Commemorative photo and clean up
- 13:20 Closing/Doll Festival Decoration
The origin of Kakizome
Originally, it was a ceremony held at the Imperial Court, but since the Edo
period, it has spread to the common people as well. The term "first
calligraphy" first appeared in "Hanahikusa" (1636), a haikai treatise
written by Nonoguchi Ryuho, a haiku poet in Kyoto in the early Edo period.
It is said that if the flame rises high enough, one's handwriting will
improve.
Resources
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Kakizome Instuction:
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Kakizome template set: pdf
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How to handle with Shuji Tool Box:
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Kakizome Samples:
[link]
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Japanese Calligraphy Experience Book
- Shodo Japan site
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Shuji no kiso (The basics of Japanese Calligraphy; MEXT)
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Poster of Kakizome 2025
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Shuji Club Top
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QR code of this page
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[Doll Festival/Hinamatsuri page]
