Incorporating Japanese Incorporating Japanese

Brush PaintingBrush Painting

Program for Teaching East Asia, University of Colorado

Copyright 2010

Resource for Resource for Grass Sandals: Part 2Grass Sandals: Part 2

Section I

School song showing the three character sets in written Japanese

Katakana Kanji Hiragana

Numbers and names of Japanese elementary students

Stroke order for Hiragana characters

KanjiKanji writing practice in a Japanese writing practice in a Japanese elementary school classroomelementary school classroom

Section II

Concentration

Confidence

Pause

Success

Clean-up

FutaiFutai (accessory silk bands) (accessory silk bands) BorderBorder TextText IllustrationIllustration Chop mark (artist’s seal)Chop mark (artist’s seal) DowelDowel

Examples of Japanese Hanging ScrollsSection III

AsymmetryAsymmetry Black-ink painting Black-ink painting

– color rangecolor range

– texturetexture

Border designsBorder designs

Border designsBorder designs