Japanese Colors
Japanese Calligraphy
Japanese calligraphy, which consists of rubbing ink sticks to produce ink and writing with a brush, was once a common way of writing in Japan. Nowadays, few people write with brushes on a daily basis, but the artistic qualities of calligraphy are highly appreciated. In fact, calligraphy exhibitions are held, just like those for paintings. One difference from paintings is that once it's written, corrections are not made. Calligraphers consider the size and balance of the characters, the darkness or lightness of the ink, how easily the ink will run, what lines will be broken or grazed, and write the characters all at once. Japanese calligraphy is a simple yet profound art, rendered in the two colors of black and white.
