Hiragana – Calligraphy by Vicky

まこ “Mako”

A Japanese calligraphy artwork. The writing is the name of the client's cat, "Mako".

I was very honoured to receive a commission to create this artwork. “Mako” is the name of the client’s beloved cat, named after the Japanese actor Makoto Iwamatsu.

あおいうみ、さかなつり (aoi umi, sakana tsuri) “blue sea, catching fish”

A Japanese calligraphy artwork with hiragana characters. The writing means "blue sea, catching fish".

Usually I write Japanese calligraphy in kanji, a logographic script in which each complex character has a meaning. The above characters are hiragana, another Japanese script. Hiragana is a syllabary – each character represents a sound, but has no meaning by itself. Kanji was invented in China, but hiragana is a purely Japanese invention. HiraganaContinueContinue reading “あおいうみ、さかなつり (aoi umi, sakana tsuri) “blue sea, catching fish””