| カリグラフィー | [, karigurafi-] (n) (esp. calligraphy not based on Chinese characters) (See 書道) calligraphy |
| 円相 | [えんそう, ensou] (n) circle painted with a single stroke in Zen calligraphy |
| 勘亭流 | [かんていりゅう, kanteiryuu] (n) Kantei style of calligraphy |
| 半紙 | [はんし, hanshi] (n) Japanese writing paper used for calligraphy |
| 吉書 | [きっしょ, kissho] (n) (See 書き初め) first calligraphy of the year |
| 意臨 | [いりん, irin] (n) (See 臨書) copying calligraphy without sticking to the model (calligraphy); copying freely |
| 戯書き | [ざれがき, zaregaki] (n) something written for fun; calligraphy written for entertainment |
| 手本帖 | [てほんちょう, tehonchou] (n) book of calligraphy samples; copybook; portfolio |
| 改良半紙 | [かいりょうばんし, kairyoubanshi] (n) type of Japanese calligraphy paper |
| 文人墨客 | [ぶんじんぼっかく;ぶんじんぼっきゃく, bunjinbokkaku ; bunjinbokkyaku] (n) writers and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting and calligraphy |
| 書 | [しょ, sho] (n,n-suf) (1) document; book; (n) (2) penmanship; handwriting; calligraphy (esp. Chinese) |
| 書法 | [しょほう, shohou] (n,adj-no) penmanship; calligraphy |
| 束 | [つか, tsuka] (n,n-suf) (1) {math} lattice; (n,n-suf,ctr) (2) counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); (3) handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows) |
| 根岸流 | [ねぎしりゅう, negishiryuu] (n) conservative calligraphy style used to write sumo rankings |
| 法帖 | [ほうじょう, houjou] (n) copybook printed from the works of old masters of calligraphy |
| 筆跡(P);筆蹟;筆迹 | [ひっせき(P);ふであと(筆跡), hisseki (P); fudeato ( hisseki )] (n,adj-no) (1) handwriting; (n) (2) calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph; (P) |
| 詩人墨客 | [しじんぼっかく;しじんぼっきゃく, shijinbokkaku ; shijinbokkyaku] (n) poets and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting, and calligraphy |
| 風流三昧 | [ふうりゅうざんまい, fuuryuuzanmai] (n) taking delight in elegant pursuits; being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy |