Japanese Writing & Art
Japanese Writing
Learning to read and write in Japan is very difficult. There are three forms of writing.
Kanji originally came from China. The symbols represent words. There are thousands to learn. Therefor, you usually see kanji and hiragana written together. |
Would you like to learn how to write some kanji? Click on the links below to see some kanji. Choose the topic you want and click on the English word:
Animals | Adjective | Body | Buildings | Clothes | Colors | Compounds Counters | Days | Direction| Earth | Eras | Food | Ideas | Language | Living | Measure |
Months | Nature | Names |Numbers | Particles | People | Photography | Places |
Shapes | Things | Time | Travel | Verbs |
http://infohost.nmt.edu/~armiller/japanese/japanese.htm
Months | Nature | Names |Numbers | Particles | People | Photography | Places |
Shapes | Things | Time | Travel | Verbs |
http://infohost.nmt.edu/~armiller/japanese/japanese.htm
Art
Some are paintings of people:
While some are paintings of scenery:
Sometimes screens are decorated with paintings of people, birds or flowers.
Here are some more beautiful works of art:
You can also see many statues around the country:
Floats that are used in processions during the year are decorated beautifully: