kakizome
Sign in to savethumb|A Florida woman writing "New Year" () Kakizome (, literally "first writing") is a Japanese term for the first calligraphy written at the beginning of a year, traditionally on January 2. Other terms include kissho (), shihitsu () and hatsusuzuri ().
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- Japanese calligraphy
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- Japan
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- Calligraphy Demonstration During Japanese New Year’s Celebration.jpg
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- name in kana
- かきぞめ
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- Kakizome
- day in year for periodic occurrence
- January 2
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thumb|A Florida woman writing "New Year" () Kakizome (, literally "first writing") is a Japanese term for the first calligraphy written at the beginning of a year, traditionally on January 2. Other terms include kissho (), shihitsu () and hatsusuzuri ().
Traditionally, kakizome was performed using ink rubbed with the first water drawn from the well on New Year's Day. Seated facing a favourable direction, people would write Chinese poetry containing auspicious words and phrases such as long life, spring, or perennial youth. These poems were then often burned.
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