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Shodo:An Old and New

Form of Self-

Expression14th February 2012

Darwin Languages Centre

Chie Adachi

The Japanese Language and Culture Consultant1

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Outline of the day

• Intro

• What is calligraphy?

• Introduction to Shodo

• Cross curricular perspective – how to incorporate

Shodo into classroom

• Tools and postures

• Lets try and draw some!

• Make your own artwork and presentation

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NT Shodo art competition

• All the NT schools and students are invited to participate!

• Closing date: 22nd June 2012

• More information in the flyer

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Calligraphy?

• What is calligraphy?

• What do you know about Japanese

calligraphy?

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Shodo (書道)

• Shodo came to Japan in 6/7th century

from China along with methods for

making brushes, ink and paper

• an essential part of the education for

members of the ruling noble families

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Shodo at school

• Shodo is a compulsory subject at primary and junior schools in

Japan

• Kakizome (書初め) – first calligraphy of the year

Retrieved from:

http://www.tjf.or.jp/clicknippon/

en/jcn/t24jcn_e.html

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Shodo for children

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Shodo today•

Shodo performance competitionfor high school students

Retrieved from:

http://shodo-performance.jp/~Shodo/

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Film: “Shodo girls”

• Released in May, 2010

• http://www.nipponcinema

.com/trailers/shodo-girls-

trailer

Retrieved from:

http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/shodo-

girls/

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Character of the year event

• Every year inDecember in Kyoto

• Organised by theJapanese KanjiProficiency Society

• To sum up a year

•「絆」-the character

of 2011, kizuna,bonds/connectionswith people

Retrieved from:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16321999

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Styles of Shodo

• 5 classic styles of Shodo

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All sorts of self-expression

• Mitsuo Aida

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All sorts of self expression (cont.)

• Artist, Kunishige

Tomomi

•「愛」ai - love

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Cross curricular perspectives

• Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE)

- Studies of Asia (Values, Beliefs and Culturaldiversity)

• Visual Arts (all strands: Creating Arts Ideas,Arts Skills and Processes, Arts Responses andAnalysis, Arts in Contexts)

• English/Literacy - esp. speaking, listening,presentation skills

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Resources

• Kids Web Japan

http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/shodo/shodo01.html

• Erin ga chousen

https://www.erin.ne.jp/jp/lesson05/letstry/index.html

https://www.erin.ne.jp/jp/lesson05/letstry/game.html

• Moodle – Engaging with language and culture: Japan

http://ourcourses.ntschools.net/course/view.php?id=46

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Tools

Bunchin (文鎮) Sumi (墨)

Hude (筆)Suzuri (硯)

Washi (和紙)

Shitajiki (下敷き)

Retrieved from:http://www.tjf.or.jp/clicknippon/en/jcn/t24jcn_e.html

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Other tools

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At desk

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Postures

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Holding a brush

Retrieved from:

http://www.ngansiumui.com/About/callibook98_chapter05_en.php

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