Calligraphy and Shakuhachi

Yesterday the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy hosted a master class in Japanese calligraphy which gathered a full room of guests and participants in the event. Ekaterina Nazarova, one of the authors showcased at the International Exhibition of Calligraphy, flew all the way from Kioto in Japan to take part in it. The master class started with an unusual performance — Ekaterina created astonishingly beautiful Japanese characters while her husband was contributing to the heightened aesthetic feel of the moment playing the traditional Japanese Shakuhachi bamboo flute.

Next the calligrapher introduced the audience to character writing techniques and had a Q&A session. The event gathered many young people. The interactive program was also finished with the sounds of Shakuhachi. This time Ekaterina Nazarova was joined by the audience who tried their hand in calligraphic art to the music.

The next master classes will take place on November 25. Russian master Egor Lobusov and Iranian calligrapher Babak Rashvand Hamamloo will join the project.

The works by Yekaterina Nazarova

Koichi Yoshida playing the Shakuhachi bamboo flute

Yekaterina explaining the basics of character writing

It turns out writing Japanese characters isn't that hard...

Source: International Exhibition of Calligraphy