BRUSH

There are a lot of types of brush in calligraphy.
We mailnly use big brush and small brush called "oofude" and "kofude".


Also there are a lot of kinds of it which made by different type of pelage.

This is made by sheep wool. This is good for writing gyosho and kaisho because its so soft and you can write flowingly. I think it is very typical brash.




This is Mamouhitu(馬毛筆). It made by hair of horse. The characteristic of this brash is a bounce so it is good for writing kaisho.

Then I want to introduce very unique brash.


This is made by feather of peacock! It's so beautiful. I have watched this brash when I was a high school students. My shodo teacher had it and she said when we write some work by using it, it will be very nuanced work.

Kana-Moji

Today I would like to introduce about kana-moji.
Kana-moji is a very japanese shodo style. In heian period, distingue lady used it. For example, Murasakishikibu or Seishounagon. Kana-Moji has many kinds and masterpices.
This time, I want to introduce "Kouyagire(高野切)".

This is Kouyagire. Do you know "Kokinwakashu(古今和歌集)"? This work wrote about it. This work has three parts and each parts were written different person. The most famous writer of them is Kinotsurayuki(紀貫之). It told that he made a fair copy of this and gave to Godaigo empire(後醍醐天皇).

I've written this when I  was a high school students. Actually, the picture is a part of kouyagire. It is so long work about 2m so it took about a half of day. I don't want to write it again so I will post my work of this next time!