"Syo no Mikata" by KOMATSU Shigemi

The author, KOMATSU Shigemi, is a famous scholar of 'Syo', though I did not know about him (^_^;;; The Japanese word 'Syo' means calligraphy - writing characters especially using brush on papers. This contains not only a method of communication but also a part of arts.

The oldest 'Syo' present in Japanese was written in the 1st century by SYOUTOKU Taishi, whose portrait is printed in old Japanese bills (The present bills does not contain his...) From then many 'Syo' has been reserved, and this book introduces some famous ones among these using pictures.

(Finished reading on Nov.7, 2007)


The more detailed Japanese version of this article is here!

Japanese character(s) (kanji)
* KOMATSU Shigemi : 小松茂美
* Syo no Mikata : 書のみかた
* SYOUTOKU Taishi : 聖徳太子