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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social

11/21/2025, 8:59:27 AM

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About #Shodō (Japanese calligraphy)

Kanji were first created to communicate with the gods. Fortune tellers wrote kanji on animal bones, and threw them. Then the fortune tellers told leaders what to do, based on the way the animal bones landed. So this was a way of receiving instructions from the gods. This is how kanji first developed.

https://calligraphybyvicky.co.uk/2025/11/20/an-introduction-to-japanese-calligraphy-by-my-teacher/
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An Introduction to Japanese Calligraphy (by my teacher)

I spent a long time thinking about what to write for my first article about Japanese calligraphy. There is so much to say, it’s difficult to know where to start. Then I remembered that my tea…

calligraphybyvicky.co.uk · Calligraphy by Vicky

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