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Languages & Culture

Swords(manship) and calligraphy

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It’s on my mind for many years now: I once saw an action movie where -I think- the main character was a Japanese master swordsman and you see the guy wielding a wooden cane in a box of sand on the floor, implying a close connection between swordsmanship and calligraphy. According to this article, there is, at least within Japanese …