kanji 1000 Character Classic 06 Tensho Poster
千字文 (Senjimon / せんじもん / The Thousand Character Classic) was used in ancient China as a textbook for Chinese characters and a model for calligraphy. That was conveyed to Japan. ＊This is the 篆書(てんしょ / Tensho) by 高田忠周 (Takada Tadachika), a calligrapher and researcher of Chinese characters in the Meiji, Taisho and Showa periods. Note:The characters are reconstructed and vectorized from the National Diet Library Digital Collections public domain data, and they are not accurately reproduced. ＊The meaning of Chinese poetry : 天地玄黃(てんち げんこう/ tenchi genkō) 宇宙洪荒(うちゅう こうこう/ uchū kōkō) Heaven is dark and the earth is yellow, the universe is wide and vast. 日月盈昃(じつげつ えいしょく/ jitsugetsu eishoku) 辰宿列張(しんしゅく れっちょう/ shinsyuku retchō) The sun leans to the west, and the moon rises and falls. Constellations spread in rows.
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