In martial arts usage, this term is typically chosen to express a training mindset, ethical conduct, or personal cultivation. It is commonly used in dojo culture, mottos, and calligraphy titles.
Cross-language note: while the core meaning is broadly shared across Chinese and Japanese usage, nuance and frequency can differ by tradition.
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size" single-character wall scroll. We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days. Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also
attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over
6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers
in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt
such a feat.
Some people may refer to this entry as Isshin Academy Kanji, Isshin Academy Characters, Isshin Academy in Mandarin Chinese, Isshin Academy Characters, Isshin Academy in Chinese Writing, Isshin Academy in Japanese Writing, Isshin Academy in Asian Writing, Isshin Academy Ideograms, Chinese Isshin Academy symbols, Isshin Academy Hieroglyphics, Isshin Academy Glyphs, Isshin Academy in Chinese Letters, Isshin Academy Hanzi, Isshin Academy in Japanese Kanji, Isshin Academy Pictograms, Isshin Academy in the Chinese Written-Language, or Isshin Academy in the Japanese Written-Language.
