My caligraphy works

**ryuurui** · Nov 21, 2011, 10:34

I decided to create a thread where I will share my calligraphy works. It could benefit those who enjoy art of calligraphy, as well as those who study the language (be it Japanese or Chinese). Calligraphy uses many interesting phrases and idioms that are not thought at language schools or used on TV.

In case I use calligraphic terms that may not be 100% clear, I will link them to a online calligraphy dictionary that I am building, Shodopedia - The Calligraphy Wiki Main/Home Page, or my other sites devoted to calligraphy.

龍跳 (りゅうちょう, ryū chō, i.e. "dragon leaps"), semi-cursive script (行書).

**ryuurui** · Nov 22, 2011, 01:44

未明 (みめい, mimei, i.e. "dawn"); mixture of stylised Oracle bone script (甲骨文, こうこつぶん, kōkotsubun) and seal script (篆書, てんしょ, tensho) forms.

**solaris37** · Nov 22, 2011, 23:57

Wow.Your works are great

I had belonged to a caligraphy club before.
When and why did you start it?

**ryuurui** · Nov 23, 2011, 00:16

Thanks Solaris. I have started 10 years ago.

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夢枕 (ゆめまくら, yume makura, i.e. "pillow of dreams"), in semi-cursive (行書).

This calligraphy is associated with one of my poems:

A place to where time flies
To rest on pillow of dreams
A mind with which time plays
Collusion of innocent twins
A fortune of lost in adult life
Sound remedy for reality of lies
A flange of shy child memories
Charmed by smiling skies

**ryuurui** · Nov 25, 2011, 01:39

My second attempt at the Heart Sutra copying (写経; Shodopedia - The Calligraphy Wiki S/Shakyo), from a calligraphy attributed to Wang Xizhi (王羲之, 303–361 C.E.) in semi-cursive script (行書). I used a small brush for copying sutras (calligraphy brush sizes), silver ink (銀墨; Shodopedia - The Calligraphy Wiki G/Ginboku) and coloured paper (色紙;Shodopedia - The Calligraphy Wiki I/Irogami). I think I made 3 mistakes (reversed the order of 3 characters), but I will be writing it few more times anyways. It's a great form meditation.

Zoom of the fragment of the text.

**ryuurui** · Nov 27, 2011, 09:46

日日是好日（にちにちこれこうにち, nichinichi kore kō nichi, i.e. "every day is a great day"), in 破体書 (mixture of calligraphy scripts). It is a popular tea ceremony phrase (茶道; Shodopedia - The Calligraphy Wiki S/Sado).

**ryuurui** · Nov 30, 2011, 01:10

A new phrase for those who study Japanese language: 竹林 (ちくりん, chikurin, i.e. "bamboo thicket"), a calligraphy in 行草書 (ぎょうそうしょ, gyōsōsho, i.e. mixture of semi-cursive and cursive scripts)

**ryuurui** · Dec 4, 2011, 12:35

龍鳳呈祥 (Chinese: lóng fèng chéng xiáng, i.e. "the dragon and phoenix together are a good omen"), in 楷行書 , meaning: a cross over between standard script (楷書; standard script) and semi-cursive script (行書; semi-cursive).

etid: wow, you guys need to fix the pinyin tones, as they do not work here.

**ryuurui** · Dec 6, 2011, 10:14

龍吟嵐来 (The dragon sings, a storm is coming), semi-cursive script (semi-cursive)

**ryuurui** · Dec 7, 2011, 14:07

幸福 (こうふく, kōfuku, i.e. "happiness"), semi-cursive (行書). The smaller text on the left-hand side reads: 冬月吉日龍涙書 (written by Ryūrui, on a good day of a winter month). Coloured paper (色紙; Shodopedia - The Calligraphy Wiki I/Irogami) with gold flakes, usually used for writing calligraphy on a Chinese New Year.

**Mike Cash** · Dec 7, 2011, 14:56

Originally Posted by ryuurui

A new phrase for those who study Japanese language: 竹林 (ちくりん, chikurin, i.e. "bamboo thicket"), a calligraphy in 行草書 (ぎょうそうしょ, gyōsōsho, i.e. mixture of semi-cursive and cursive scripts)

I was familiar with it as a 地名 in Ota City (Gunma), but they read it "Takebayashi".

**ryuurui** · Dec 7, 2011, 23:14

Well, that because it is a name. Same as 龍馬 is read ryūme, and means "splendid horse", whilst when read Ryōma is a name, as in 坂本龍馬.

**ryuurui** · Jan 14, 2012, 00:46

両忘 (detachment from subjectivity and objectivity)

**ryuurui** · Jan 17, 2012, 00:12

(歡) Joy

**ryuurui** · Jan 21, 2012, 02:36

This video shows a traditional way of studying calligraphy, past from a Master to a disciple for thousands of years. See also Part II and III of this video (Beyondcalligraphy YT channel)

**ryuurui** · Jan 22, 2012, 13:23

The Dragon Year Greetings (一條龍, i.e. lucky dragon), calligraphy in cursive script (草書, cursive script).

**ryuurui** · Jan 23, 2012, 07:42

Tonight, I sat down and I was writing dragons throughout the night once again. Today is the first day of the Year of the Dragon., a year which I was awaiting for a long time. Happy New

Year to you all. I hope you will enjoy watching this video as much as I enjoyed making it.

Many thanks to Rona Conti for her help with editing of my poem.

**cheddah** · Feb 16, 2012, 03:12

These are so awesome!

**Grinning Studio** · Feb 21, 2012, 21:51

Wow Ryuurui! That's awesome! Your Calligraphy is beautiful. I'd like to learn more about it. Do you have a Facebook page?

**ryuurui** · Feb 21, 2012, 22:00

Thank you, Grin. I have 3 websites and FB as well. These are as follows:

Beyond Calligraphy, Traditional and modern Japanese and Chinese art
Beyond Calligraphy | The Art of Far Eastern calligraphy, sewed with passion.
Shodopedia - The Calligraphy Wiki Main/Home Page

FB
Ponte Ryuurui
Beyond Calligraphy - Main

There is a lot of information and articles on the sites, so if you get lost, please let me know

**ryuurui** · Mar 21, 2012, 21:12

猛龍　(ferocious dragon), semi-cursive script (行書, semi-cursive)

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**Trabu** · Mar 23, 2012, 12:53

WOW ryuurui!!!

Your calligraphy work is fantastic. As good as I can do with calligraphy is a pencil and copying some japanese characters!

I am still in awe. Thanks for your thread =)

**ryuurui** · Mar 23, 2012, 21:07

Thatnk you, Trabu, much appreciated.

**ryuurui** · Mar 26, 2012, 04:50

春風 (はるかぜ, harukaze) - spring breeze, semi-cursive script (行書, semi-cursive)

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**ryuurui** · Mar 27, 2012, 08:08

涼 (りょう, ryō) - "refreshing",in a highly stylised cursive script (草書, cursive script). I used a very soft mountain goat hair brush (羊毛筆,calligraphy brush hairs), with long and thin hair, and held the axis at its end. Great fun

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