Centre for Asian Studies invites everyone to the exhibition of Yusho calligraphy artworks, which will be available at Centre for Asian Studies (Vaižganto str. 30, Kaunas) from April 15 to April 29, 2016. Exhibition is presented by the Embassy of Japan in Lithuania. On the Opening day (April 15), from 15:00 a presentation and a […]

This Friday HASHI will present two traditional Japanese arts – calligraphy and ink wash painting. Japanese calligraphy (shodō) is a form of calligraphy, or artistic writing. After the invention of Hiragana and Katakana, the Japanese unique syllabaries, the distinctive Japanese writing system developed and calligraphers produced styles intrinsic to Japan. Ink wash painting (sumi-e), also […]

This Friday you are all invited to Karolis presentation about kanji and calligraphy. During the presentation you will hear some interesting information about the history, roots and other aspects of this art form.