shodou

Shodo
Shodo calligraphy meaning (the way of the brush) is the art of painting Japanese characters that prioritizes thick and thin lines, derived from kanji rigid (write) and Michi (the way), the other term is Shuji.
Shodo formation itself originated from China keligrafi introduced to Japan. Some Japanese universities even have a special class for Shodo including the University of Tsukuba, Tokyo Gakugei University and Fukuoka University of Education.
In practice, Shodo is not made at random, but there are many specialized tools that are used as shitajii, puncitinharushi, suzuri, sumi, and Fude Fude-ciki.
In addition there are also equipment brtbagai shodou character types, namely Tenshō Reisho, Kaisho, Gyousho and Sousho.
Shodo to write the first thing that should certainly dominated Japanese writing, given the order of writing Japanese characters are not the same as writing letters alphabet. Then the order of the procedure before, while and after writing also must be mastered