版元ドットコム

紹介

　前半のカラーページでは、書道（Calligraphy）にまつわるあらゆる事項や日本語の基本（音声＆文字）について、写真やチャートを使いながら詳しく紹介しています。
　本編では、書道でよく使われる実用的かつ見た目にも美しい１６６の漢字を選び、自分で練習できるよう編集しました。

目次

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A Personal Invitation by the Author
INTRODUCTION TO KANJI CALLIGRAPHY
WHAT IS KANJI?
THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF KANJI
STYLES OF KANJI -- Kaisho/Gyousho/Sousho
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
GOJUU'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
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 PRONOUNCIATION METHODS
THE TOOLS OF CALLIGRAPHY
THE BRUSH
INK & INDIA INK
THE INK STORE
CALLIGRAPHY PAPER
THE PAPER WEIGHT
THE BRUSH MAT
THE BRUSH HOLDER
WRITING POSTURE & HOLDING THE BRUSH
WRITING POSTURE
BALANCE OF THE SHOULDERS
USING THE BODY
HOLDING THE BRUSH
BRUSH PRESSURE & STROKE SHAPE
BASIC BRUSH STROKE TECHNIQUE
GENERAL
THE BRUSH STROKE
COMMON TRAITS OF THE BASIC STROKES
PRACTICING THE BASIC STROKES
THE EIGHT BASIC STROKES LIBRARY
BASIC STROKES PRACTICE PAGES
BEGINNING KANJI CALLIGRAPHY
THE STROKE ORDER
GENERAL ORDER OF CONSTRUCTION
CHARACTER SHAPE VARIATIONS
THE KANJI CHARACTER LIBRARY
ABOUT THE LIBRARY
WRITING PREPARATIONS
RENDERING THE CHARACTERS
SINGLE CHARACTER SECTION
DOUBLE CHARACTERS
CHARACTER INDEX
CHARACTER INDEX BY MEANING
INDEX

前書きなど

Due to its limited natural resources and proximity to Japan, China, Korea, and other South East Asian nations, Okinawa has been involved in international trad and commerce for many centuries. As a result of thousand of Okinawans have emigrated to many nations all over the world.
It's a shame that many of the second, third, and fourth generation children born of these emigrants seldom have a chance to be exposed to the culture, writing, and language of their ancestral homeland.
As a practicing calligraphy instructor, I've noticed an increase in the number of non-Japanese students who have an interest in learning how to write kanji and speak Japanese. I tried to locate a book written in English from which they could both study calligraphy and learn the basics of Japanese language, all to no avail.
To my students, the descendants of Okinawans living abroad, and all those interested in Japanese kanji calligraphy, I truly hope that this book will help you experience the enjoyment of calligraphy, as have so many others before us.

版元から一言

漢字に関心を持つ外国人はすごく増えてきています。彼らは、自分の名前を漢字でどう書くか興味を持っています。漢字が書かれたＴシャツを着たり、また、漢字でＴＡＴＯＯ（刺青）を入れる欧米人も多く、いま注目の Japanese Culture です。

著者プロフィール

Kunii Takezaki（クニイタケザキ）

現在沖縄県宜野湾市にて日本習字葉月支部開室。その傍ら海外文字コミュニケーション代表として世界に習字の魅力を伝える為活動中。

1987年　日本習字入会
1998年　教授免許取得雅号玉舟。
2000年　八段位允許。
1998年　3年間、宜野湾市生涯教育機関、書道サークルひまわりの講師を務める
2002年5月　オーストラリア、メルボルン日本人校訪問、　子供達に指導
2003年9月　コロラド、米国仕官大学・日本語学科にて書道のデモンストレーションならびに指導
2004年5月　ニューヨークのセントラルパークにてストリートパフォ−マンス、　レストラン蘭にて書道のデモンストレーション
2004年6月　ロスアンジェルスのリトル東京にて書道のデモンストレーション、サンタモニカにてストリートパフォ−マンス
2004年4月　WUB沖縄（世界ウチナーンチュビジネス・アソシエーション）に入会
URL:http://www.gyokusyu.com