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Originally Posted by ryuurui
I think you are blending two different things.
Everyonje, to a degree, practices 習字 which means "studying characters", and it is done at grammar schools, mainly. That is not what the man on the video is doing, as he is writing calligraphy (書道, or 書法 in chinese). Shuuji (習字) is not art, its like western calligraphy - a craft - teaching you how to write pretty characters. Shodou (書道) is pure art, and even though there are rules to it, it has nothing to do with pretty charatcers.
In Japan - I have not seen anyone doing that (writing on a street). In Japan calligraphy is practiced at home, or during special studying meetings (勉強会). There are occasionally organised outdoor events. Like this:
Koji Kakinuma, Japanese Calligrapher/Artist
There is one guy in Ueno park writing kanji of people names, but despite an original handwriting (書風), he is lacking basics.
The guy on the video, on the other hand, is wicked (in fact both of them are, the Chinese bloke and the one i linked to).
If you want to read more about calligraphy, click on the links in my signature. |
I have been reading it, and the more I do, the more I want to practice it.
Yes I think I confused the concepts, I thought people there were not calligraphers or practitioners of 書法, but rather people writing them for pure entertainment/practice.
This idea came to my mind, since I read about Japanese and Chinese forgetting kanji / hanzi due to the use of computers and cellphones.
Again, since I don't really know how to search it, I had no other way to know, but asking here.
Thanks for the link, I will read it...
Thus, rephrasing the question, are there any other clever ways to practice 書道/書法?
Edit: I didn't notice before that the guy is writing in cursive / semicursive ( at this point, I am unable to know the difference of those two).