Artist Makes Japanese Calligraphy Using English Letters
 

Japanese calligraphy artist Kunishige Tomomi fuses kanji and English to create magic. "I want to create a revolution," Kunishige told the Mainichi during an interview.

She is creating her artistic "revolution" by using English letters instead of mere brush strokes to form her kanji. She calls her work "Eekanji," which has the double meaning of being "English Kanji" and also the Kansai dialect phrase meaning "pretty good."

When you first look at one of her art works, it appears to simply be stylized Japanese calligraphy. A closer inspection reveals that the English letters that make up the meaning of the kanji are hidden in the strokes of the calligraphy...

The Kanji for Flower (花) using the word "Flower":


Samples of her work: Eekanji Photo Gallery
(click the "NEXT" link below the picture to see more images)

Source: Mainichi - Japanese Calligraphy Artist Mixes Kanji With English

Oooo....its so flowy! I like it:rheart:

Wow, awesome!

That was really awesome! Funny idea

these are very neat
I didn't think that is possible :rolleyes:

hepinizin anasının sikim pis japonlar gelinde hepinizin ağzına verim sikimi:D:D:D:D:D

It's So pretty

So cool! Would love my name in it.

That is really very creative!

hmm i like wat i see :) hehe i think calligraphy is soo beautiful and would love to learn it one day! and tea cermony ;)

Wow :O
That took me a while to get xD
That's amazing

you might also want to check out the work of Yukki Yaura - Yukki Yaura ???? - her work also blends traditional calligraphy with the contemporary field.

kanji definetely wanders, and stumbled upon some great stuff cuz i keep seem to be folowing him lol
but that artwork blows my mind away, definetely takes the immersion of japan and american culture, and fuses them into one

WOOT OUR COMMUNIST FREEDOMISTIC SOCIETY
^_^

I wasn't able to see the others, but the one posted first was awesome.......Really great Idea.....I'll try to access the others later.....geez I hate windows.....its not the internet that's acting up.........Down With Microsoft!!!!!!!! Up with Apple and Up with the new age!!!!!!

ummmm. whooopie?

Wow, that art is really beautiful. I wonder how much it costs to buy her work?

wow, that is talent!

Ha! That looks pretty good!:cool: BTW, 花 is also "flower" in Chinese!:eek:

Sabrina - many words in CHinese and Japanese are similar. I won;t get into why but yeeh. You can PM me if your interested lamaaow.

Also.

CHRIST THAT IS AMAZING. Never thought it'd be possible, but there you go.

<33~x

I'll admit that's pretty cool...
I thought it was going to be something funny
like the one that has some form of kanji, and at the bottom it says "For those who can't read, tilt head to the right.." and when you do it, the kanji spell "
Go f--- yourself"
I died laughing when I saw that...