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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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INTRODUCTION TO KANJI CALLIGRAPHY
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THE MODERN JAPANESE LANGUAGE
- OVERVIEW OF THE JAPANESE WRITING SYSTEM
- Kanji Characters
- The Roman Letter Alphabet (Romaji)
- Arabic Numerals (Sanyou suuji)
- Hiragana
- Katakana
- SPECIFICS OF THE KANA SYSTEM
- GOJYUU'ON
- Voiced Sounds (Daku'on)
- Half-Voiced Sounds (Handaku'on)
- Vowel Palatalization
- Geminate Sounds
- OTHER SOUND CHANGES AND WRITING VARIATIONS
- Long Vowels
- Small Characters
- Sequential Voicing (Rendaku)
- PRONOUNCING JAPANESE SOUNDS
- THE REPEAT SYMBOL
- ROMANIZATION METHODS
- PRACTICING KANA
- HIRAGANA CHART
- KATAKANA CHART
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THE STRUCTURE OF KANJI
- FORWARD
- BUILDING BLOCKS OF ENGLISH
- Level-1 Elements: Letters & Other Characters
- Level-2 Components: Word Roots & Affixes
- Level-3 Structures: Independent Words
- THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF KANJI
- Level-1 Elements: The Strokes
- Level-2 Components: Radicals
- Level-3 Structures: Kanji Characters
- RADICAL CHART
- KANJI PATTERNS
- RADICAL POSITIONS
- KANJI CATEGORIZATION & LOOKUP METHODS
- KANJI PRONUNCIATION METHODS
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
- Jinmeiyomi
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THE TOOLS OF CALLIGRAPHY
- THE BRUSH
- INK & INDIA INK
- THE INK STONE
- CALLIGRAPHY PAPER
- THE PAPER WEIGHT
- THE BRUSH MAT
- THE BRUSH HOLDER
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WRITING POSTURE & HOLDING THE BRUSH
- WRITING POSTURE
- BALANCE OF THE SHOULDERS
- USING THE BODY
- HOLDING THE BRUSH
- BRUSH PRESSURE & STROKE SHAPE
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BASIC BRUSH STROKE TECHNIQUE
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THE EIGHT BASIC STROKES LIBRARY
BASIC STROKES PRACTICE PAGES |
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BEGINNING KANJI CALLIGRAPHY
- THE STROKE ORDER
- GENERAL ORDER OF CONSTRUCTION
- CHARACTER SHAPE VARIATIONS
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THE KANJI CHARACTER LIBRARY
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CHARACTER INDEX
CHARACTER INDEX BY MEANING
TEXT INDEX
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