In Japan, calligraphy is more than just writing—it’s an art form that requires patience, focus, and respect for tradition.

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An curved arrow pointing right. Traditional Japanese calligraphy ink, referred to as sumi ink, comes in a solid form. It takes at least four years of production before these ink sticks can be sold ...

Ahn Jung-geun is best known for his dramatic assassination of Japan's first prime minister in 1909 at a railway station.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — When Japanese calligraphy artist Chiyo Sanada paints, there's more going onto the canvas than ink. She expresses herself when she creates — each brush stroke is a feeling.

Shodo is Japanese calligraphy, the art of writing and drawing with pen, ink and brush on washi paper. Arnot holds a license in this art form from the Japanese Calligraphy Society. Workshop ...

a 43-year-old woman from Gifu Prefecture raised questions about her left-handed son who doesn’t like his school’s Japanese calligraphy class because he is instructed to write with his right hand.

It features three Japanese calligraphy artists, Bisei Fukushima Koshu, Michiko Hamasaki and Sogen Hirano, using giant brushes and buckets of ink to create spontaneous larger-than-life compositions ...

A museum in North Carolina holds the largest Asian art collection in the southeastern United States. Not only is this museum in North Carolina, it can be found right on UNC’s campus. And this ...