Black ink flowing from the wood-and-horsehair brush onto the starch-white page, calligraphic artist Shoko Kanazawa inscribed, stroke by stroke, the kanji for “katsu” — “victory”.
What's in a name? Mayor Yutaka Umeda will tell you "a lot", if you read it the right way. Just a few days ago, Yutaka...
I made it through graduate finals at Oxford University at the start of summer 2019. My reward? A scholarship to study at Japan’s foremost Japanese language...
Shoko Kanazawa, 34, a Japanese calligrapher who also happens to have Down Syndrome, decided that the kanji for the first New Year of the...
Although there are already thousands of kanji characters available in the Japanese language (tens of thousands if you count the most comprehensive dictionaries), kanji enthusiasts...
(Conclusion) Part 1: ‘Shine Brightly’: Calligrapher Shoko Kanazawa Writes New Year Kanji for ‘JAPAN Forward’ Readers Shoko Kanazawa is one of the most...
(First of two parts) In a calligraphy studio on the outskirts of Tokyo, Shoko Kanazawa—dressed in white tabi, black hakama, and a cornsilk-colored kimono...
