As a teenager, Kaoru Akagawa couldn’t read her Japanese grandmother’s letters, but she put it down to her unclear handwriting. Over a decade later, Kaoru realized her grandmother hadn’t been a poor ...

Kana shodo is one of the few remaining scripts shaped predominantly by women in the world. By melding it with modern art forms, Japanese artist Kaoru Akagawa is intent on keeping the ancient Japanese ...

The Japanese Language Program invited Ms. Nodoka Epel as a guest instructor to teach Japanese calligraphy via Zoom on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. After learning its history and the current trend in ...