My caligraphy works

[ryuurui]

絆 (きずな, kizuna), i.e. "emotional bond", "connection (between people)", stylised seal script (篆書, seal script)

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[TemotoKun]

Wow, great job sir. I don't usually see gyosho like those.

[ryuurui]

Glad you like it.

Here is some more gyousho, that I wrote 2 days ago.
無中潜　(むのなかにかくれる) "cocooned in nothingness", or "to disappear into nothingness", semi-cursive script (行書, http://www.beyondcalligraphy.com/Sem..._script.html); another phrase from my book, in this case it is a title of the first chapter.

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[kraystone]

Wow I'm impressed too! A pro indeed!

[ryuurui]

Cheers, Kraystone.

無我 (selflessness) in semi-cursive script (semi-cursive)

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I can see only 3/4 of the video window on my screen, I guess it is due to the adds on this forum. If you cannot see it in full, just watch it on YT.

[ryuurui]

天下神器、不可為也、不可執也。為者敗之、執者失之。

“The world is a sacred vessel. It should not be meddled with. It should not be owned. If you try to meddle with it, you will ruin it. If you try to own it, you will lose it."

One of my favourite quotes of Laozi. It applies to calligraphy as well, as it is a world on its own.
Slver ink on dark blue paper, written with a small Japanese brush called makifude (巻筆), which I bought only recently from Unpeifude (雲平筆), the last manufacturer of makifude in the world. The workshop is ran by father and son.

to the admins...the picture tool is really horrible, guys...

[ryuurui]

言霊 (soul of language)



Mixture of elements of the semi-cursive (行書） and cursive script （草書）.

[ryuurui]

一撃必殺 (いちげきひっさつ, ichi geki hissatsu), lit. "one hit certain kill", Kyokushin karate motto. It means to attack without hesitation. 135x35cm, (草書, cursive script)

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[ryuurui]

麗 (れい, rei), i.e."lovely", "graceful"; (草書, cursive script)
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[Davey]

Love your work...

Wouldn't be great if you could write these two names : 怜朗 and 海児　;)

[NicolaPelletier]

It looks great!

[ryuurui]

Thanks, guys.

龍 (dragon), stylised cursive script (http://www.beyondcalligraphy.com/cursive_script.html) , 茶墨 (tea-colour ink, more here: calligraphy ink types)

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[ryuurui]

Here is a video in which I write a fragment of a poem dating back to the Tang dynasty in China, composed by a famous poet Du Fu (杜甫). The fragment reads: 正是江南好風景，落花時節又逢君, and could be roughly translated as "on the first month of the year I enjoy the wonderful scenery of Jiangnan, the season of falling (flower) petals, and yet again I have a chance to cross my path with you ("you" refers to a famous singer/musician of Tang, Li Gunian (李 亀年). "



Work size: 135x35cm (hansetsu: calligraphy paper), hanging arm technique (Logic Behind The Magic 窶� Brush Principles, Part I. | Beyond Calligraphy), large wiesel hair brush (calligraphy brush hairs).

[ryuurui]

A short story and a movie, that combines the world of Skyrim with calligraphy. Enjoy!

Skyrim in Calligraphy 窶� The Legend of The Dragonborn in Ink and Paper. | Beyond Calligraphy

[ryuurui]

筆舞 (ふでがまう, fude ga mau), i.e. "dancing brush"; mixture of cursive and semi-cursive scripts (行草書, calligraphy styles)

[ryuurui]

Video in which I write my favourite fragment of Dao De Jing by Laozi (in semi-cursive script / gold ink on blue paper)

[ryuurui]

My rinsho (臨書, Rinsho – The Magical Ink Time Machine. Part I | Beyond Calligraphy) of a fragment of the Treatise on Calligraphy (書譜) by Sun Guoting (孫過庭, 646 – 691), size 135x35cm.

It is a part of a beautiful passage describing differences between calligraphy strokes (hanging needle and suspended dewdrop) and it reads: 臨危據槁之形。或重若崩雲。或輕如蟬翼。, i.e. "(...) (the power of) shapes facing danger and holding on to rotten wood, which are sometimes heavy like threatening clouds, and sometimes light like cicada wings".

[ryuurui]

千里之行,始於足下 (pinyin: qiān lǐ zhī xíng, shǐ wū zú xià / Japanese reading: 千里の行も、足下に始まる), i.e. "even a journey 1000 li (li is a Chinese mile, equivalent to 500 meters) long, begins with a single step". Cursive script (草書, cursive script).

[ryuurui]

I love Dao De Jing, so I often write chosen quotes by Laozi. In the calligraphy below, I wrote the entire chapter 33 in cursive script, with a gold ink on black paper.

知人者智。自知者明。勝人者有力、自勝者強。 知足者富。強行者有志。不失其所者久。死而不亡者壽

One who understands others is clever.
One who knows self is enlightened.
One who conquers others is forceful.
One who conquers self is strong.
One who can be content is rich.
One who is contentious is ambitious.
One who doesn’t lose one’s position endures.
One who dies but is not forgotten lives on.

[BreakingThrough]

きれいです!!

I do Chinese painting calligraphy. Yours is really beautiful~

[ryuurui]

I really appreciate it, thank you.

I wrote a short poem today, inspired by one of the poems by possibly the most cherished Chinese poet, Li Bai (李白; 701 – 762 C.E.). Then, I sat down and wrote it in oracle bone script (甲骨文, http://www.beyondcalligraphy.com/ora..._script.html); gold ink (金墨; calligraphy ink types) on black paper.

明月照夜空
藏蒼茫雲海
風游幾萬里
心舞如白糸

Bright moon illuminated the night skies
Concealed in haze of vast sea of clouds
Wind that travelled a few thousand miles
Fluttered my mind light as silk

[ryuurui]

龍雲　（りゅううん, ryū-un), i.e."dragon in clouds", a mixture of cursive (草書; cursive script) and seal ( 篆書; seal script) scripts; size 135x35cm.

[ryuurui]

武士 (ぶし, bushi), i.e."warrior", "samurai", semi-cursive script (行書; )

[Davey]

龍雲　（りゅううん, ryū-un), i.e."dragon in clouds", a mixture of cursive (草書; cursive script) and seal ( 篆書; seal script) scripts; size 135x35cm.

Love this one! btw do you sell your works?

[ryuurui]

Cheers, Davey. Please send me an email to ponteryuurui@beyond-calligraphy.com, if you are interested.
The above work will be displayed during calligraphy exhibition in Ginza, Tokyo, in July this year. Let us hope it won't disappoint.