Shodou; history, Japan had in all likelihood not written before the Chinese characters were introdu

Shodou; history, Japan had in all likelihood not written before the Chinese characters were introduced in the country. The oldest article that has ever found the Kin'in (gold stamp) white ink tattoo that was given by the Emperor of China during the late Han period. To the Japanese emperor white ink tattoo
kanji, on'yomi and kun'yomi The adoption of Chinese writing was unfortunately not ideal for Japan. Because China and Japan at the time many were trading, many new words were taken literally from China. These characters fit neatly to the respective words. Another problem was that the Japanese often well could not imitate white ink tattoo the sounds of the Chinese language and therefore the Japanese often sounds slightly white ink tattoo different than the Chinese sounds. The introduction of Chinese script has gone with waves and from different regions. Although the language of instruction in Mandarin white ink tattoo China currently is that in the past was different and it was a different dialect or even a completely different white ink tattoo language spoken in each district. The Chinese white ink tattoo characters used in China were quite universal, but the statement is not. This meant that there were multiple types of statements associated with one character. (On'yomi) Later Chinese characters were selected based on meaning (Kun'yomi). A Japanese verta-ment of the Chinese character was sought and which was connected with the character from then onwards. Later, when hiragana Hiraga was introduced was used as a supplement in combination with the Chinese character as the Japanese word is not completely joined on the Chinese character which complement was needed.
Shotoku Taishi (Prince of Emperor Yomei) sent a courier to China in 607, during the Sui Dynasty. The courier brought the knowledge for the production of black ink, paper and brushes along with it. From this time the first texts were written on paper. In the Heian period (794-1192) was the most important thing to be learned academically for a noble man, and then came the third most important; calligraphy. For ladies shodo was the most important, followed by music and Waka (short poems). In this period, the script was used exclusively by the elite and could not read the common people and writing.
Edo and Meiji Period In the Edo period (1603-1867) could even normal people learn to read, write and count at small private schools Terakoya called (temple white ink tattoo school). The calligraphy was then Tenari called what learning means by hand. In the Meiji period (1868-1912) calligraphy was taught at school under the name Shuji (learning to write). This name later changed in Khaki Kata (the method of writing). From about the middle of the Meiji period was called shodo calligraphy (the art of calligraphy). Calligraphy has always been very important in Japan and a beautiful handwriting in daily activities is therefore greatly appreciated. This is also the reason that good kalligrafeerders were respected special and there legends and stories were told about them.
A celebrity of calligraphy 'celebrities' was Mr Kukai. He was the founder of the Shingon sect. He was so good that he could write with five brushes white ink tattoo to hold. While five lines simultaneously One in each hand, one in each foot, and one in his mouth. The phrase "nobody's perfect" is based on "Kobomo fude no ayamari." Even Kobo (which was the nickname of this priest) even makes even a small mistake.
Another 'celeb' was the famous "Ono no Michikaze. He was in the top three best performers. One day this man saw a frog who tried to jump. On a high branch of a willow tree The branch was so high that it always failed, white ink tattoo but that did not stop the frog from there to continually try again. Ono here was so impressed that he decided from that moment to never give up and always try to continue to improve his skills. This story is so famous that the scene with the frog on a prayer card signed called Hanafunda. (Hanafunda is a set of game cards that are illustrated by images to imagine. Months of the year) Okagami, a book by the late Heian period, describes a story of a famous calligraphy artist, Fujiwara no Sukemasa called. The story goes that Fujiwara was a master with a brush. The patron saint of the village would have asked to write a text him, but the best man was traveling and was about to leave. white ink tattoo The patron white ink tattoo then ensured that it was storming, so Fujiwara could not leave. This story was widely circulated and Fujiwara received the honor of being the best calligraphy artist from Japan to be named in his time.
Hiragana Hiragana was originally based on Chinese characters and was designed so that women also had the opportunity to write. However, men started ni