Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 62 Calligraphy and Calligraphy

As I said before, there are various departments in the Beiyi School, and the Calligraphy Department is one of them.

However, the Calligraphy Department is one level weaker than the Kendo Department, Judo Department, and Art Department of Beiyijuku.

After all, the above three departments can achieve good results every year, and the honors of the Calligraphy Department can be counted on fingers.

Therefore, Jun Matsumoto, who was the second-year calligraphy director, felt inexplicably helpless.

Originally, he was in a pretty good mood today. After all, the president of the student council, Mujo Aiko, took the initiative to approach the Calligraphy Department, hoping to find someone to come out and buy calligraphy vertical banners for the Beiyiju Art Festival in half a month.

The students of the Calligraphy Department also wanted to show off their skills in front of the beautiful student council president.

But at the end, when the entire Calligraphy Department looked around, Aiko Mujo couldn't find a candidate that satisfied her, so she politely said some polite words to Jun Matsumoto and left.

Of course, these things are unknown to the students below, and they are still discussing who Aiko Mujo will choose to write the vertical banner even now.

This made Matsumoto Jun shake his head helplessly.

The quality of calligraphy of this year's students is really not very good. Most of them come here just to join the ministry to hang out, and few of them study calligraphy seriously.

After all, who can stand up to a group of youthful and energetic young men who face black ink on rice paper all day long?

But Mutiao Aiko went to the studio to find someone who knows calligraphy?

This made Matsumoto Jun a little unconvinced.

At any rate, there is still a specialization in the art industry.

You let someone who studied western oil painting write calligraphy?This is simply a joke.

At least Jun Matsumoto felt that it was impossible for Aiko Mujo to find a suitable candidate in the studio.

At most, it was just luck in the past.

Just when Jun Matsumoto was thinking this way, Aiko Kijo had already brought Asami Mamanaka and a boy she didn't know into the calligraphy department.

Did you really find the right candidate for her?

Jun Matsumoto went up to him after thinking about it.

There is no way, I have to give face, if the student union is upset, it will not be worth the loss as an accountant, Asami Tonaka spends the funds for the calligraphy department.

"President Mutiao, is there anything else you can do? And who is next to you?"

Jun Matsumoto said while looking at the boy standing next to Aiko Mujo.

Hey - he looks pretty handsome, but he just doesn't know how to work with his hands.

"I'm Higashinoji in the first grade. Please give me your advice, Senior Matsumoto." The young man named Higashinoji gave Matsumoto Jun a pretty good first impression, with a smile on his face and very polite.

"Well, let's ask each other for advice." Jun Matsumoto said to Higashino Division with a smile, and then looked at Aiko Mujo: "Is this the calligrapher that President Mujo found in the studio?"

Uh

Aiko Mujo couldn't answer this question.

After all, she had never seen Dong Yesi write before, so she didn't know his level of calligraphy.

If Dong Yesi's level is not enough, and she is not as good as the students of the Calligraphy Department, then she will be a little embarrassed.

"President Mujo doesn't know my level, but I asked to participate without authorization. If my level is not enough, then I will have to rely on Matsumoto-senpai and the students from the Calligraphy Department."

Higashino Tsukasa's words of advancing and retreating not only relieved Mujo Aiko, but also made Matsumoto Jun feel very comfortable.

Jun Matsumoto looked at Higashino with satisfaction, and decided to wait for a while, even if Higashino couldn't write good-looking characters, he would never laugh at him: "It's okay, Higashino, everyone has a first time, everyone needs to try .”

"Then I wonder if senior Matsumoto can bring me some paper for me to practice? I haven't written for a long time, and my hands are a little rough."

"Of course."

Jun Matsumoto was happy and turned around to talk.

On the side, Asami Midaka watched as Higashino Si just smiled and said a few words and got closer to Jun Matsumoto, and she was even more confused in her heart.

Was Higashinoji's communication skills so strong before?

I don't think so.

While Mami Namaka was thinking, Higashinoji over there had already obtained ink, brushes, and towels under the inkstone from Jun Matsumoto.

The towel has obviously been used many times. The original white towel has been stained with ink, and it can't be washed clean.

Ink ink, inkstone, and writing brushes are cheap goods that can be seen everywhere, including the cheap rice paper that I brought over.

After all, it's just for practice. Students in the Calligraphy Department usually use tools of this specification when they practice—in fact, sometimes they even use waste newspapers to practice calligraphy.

Only when participating in calligraphy competitions, they will take out expensive rice paper, special inkstones and inkstones for preparation.

"Ink!" Higashino was somewhat dissatisfied in his heart.

Industrially produced ink is fundamentally different from regular ink ground from an inkstone.

The ink produced by grinding ink will have obvious layering, but the industrial ink does not have this layering. In addition, it is made of chemical raw materials such as formaldehyde. If the industrial ink is used too much, the eyes will become sore and the throat will dry out.

But forget it, it's just for practice anyway.

Higashinoji put the ink and inkstone in front of him, held the brush in his hand, inhaled and exhaled slowly.

He was not joking when he said that he was a handyman. Calligraphy is easy to fail if you don’t practice it for a day. You must practice first to get familiar with the touch of Japanese brushes and the texture of Japanese ink.

Dong Yesi spread out the rice paper and gradually calmed down.

You must meditate before writing brush characters. You cannot write good characters if you are impatient. You can only write good characters with a calm state of mind.

Jun Matsumoto, Aiko Mujo and the others just watched curiously and didn't make a sound.

They also wanted to know what level Higashinoji was.

Then--

Jun Matsumoto swallowed, turned his head and whispered to Aiko Mujo, "President Mujo, you really found Mr. Higashino from the studio? How did he write so well?"

"He just said that he knows calligraphy. I didn't know he was so good."

Watching Higashinoji steadily enter, execute, and close his pen, even acting like a master, Aiko Mujo beside him couldn't help being dazed.

Is this really a treasure?Is Higashino really good at everything?

Just as they were thinking like this, Asami Masaka, who was looking at Higashino Tsukasa without speaking, had inexplicable emotions in her heart.

It's not regret, just a slight sense of complaint.

You know so much, why didn't you show me these strengths at the time?

It feels a bit like eating lemon pantothenic acid.

"It's a bit like the Shizun Temple school, but it's not like it, and it's a bit like Juling Lake, so grand."

Jun Matsumoto next to him muttered softly.

His muttering was naturally heard by Dong Yesi.

Higashino Division also found it quite interesting.

Most Japanese like to divide many things into genres to make sure their own style is unique.

For example, the school of kendo, or the school of judo, even calligraphy has not escaped their "bad hands", and they have been divided into many schools.

But looking at the history of Japan, it is easy to find that the aesthetics of Japanese calligraphy is actually very tired, and its calligraphy culture is not so rich.

While there are many genres, it's easy to spot commonalities among them.

Therefore, even though there are many schools of calligraphy in Japan, they are not as distinct as Chinese calligraphy.

This is not a deliberate exaggeration by Higashino Division, but a recognized fact.

After all, calligraphy was introduced to Japan from China.

(End of this chapter)