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Performance calligraphy

Four female Japanese high school students wearing hakama write calligraphy on a large sheet of paper fixed to the floor. The sheet is around five meters wide and three meters high.
Japanese students perform a calligraphy dance at Misawa Air Base, Japan, in April 2012.

Performance calligraphy (書道パフォーマンス) is a kind of Japanese calligraphy combining traditional calligraphy with J-pop music and dance.[1] It is a team activity, performed on large canvases.[2] Performance calligraphy is gaining popularity amongst young Japanese, especially high-school students.[2] Several high schools in Japan offer performance calligraphy as a club activity.[2]

  1. ^ Andrews, William (June 7, 2010). "Performance shodo calligraphy girls make tradition cool". CScout Japan. Archived from the original on May 12, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Inagaki2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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