書宮 -Shokyu-

Professional Japanese Calligraphy online lessons from your home

書宮 -Shokyu- is an international online Shodo lesson service.

書宮 -Shokyu- provides online lesson on Japanese calligraphy called Shodo (書道) for international people.
書道 -Shodo- is the name of Japanese calligraphy.

Features

Authentic Shodo lesson for international learners

Japanese-Native lesson

Your licensed instructor 橘芳 -Kitsuho- is a native japanese with 50+ student instruction experience for 5 years.

Translation support

Don't worry about language. 書宮 -Shokyu- supports translation between English and Japanese

Flex Time

All lessons are basically placed asynchronously between the instructor and students; Take lessons and practice when you like.

1 on 1 instruction

All lessons are 1 on 1 lessons. 橘芳 -Kitsuho- kindly instruct you. Also you can ask question whenever you want to.

橘芳 -Kitsuho-, a japanese-native Shodo master, kindly instruct you.

Your licensed instructor 橘芳 -Kitsuho- is a native japanese with 50+ student instruction experience for 5 years.

System

Monthly flow

Check monthly homework

Let's challenge the homework once a month. We carefully select the word that is beautiful, useful to know, and easy for beginners to work on. You can learn not only Shodo but also Japanese culture.

Watch instruction videos

The instruction videos explain how to move the brush, the shape of the character, and useful tips to write well. The audio language is Japanese, but it has informative and easy-to-understand English subtitles.

Practice

Let's actually challenge Shodo while referring to the model and videos. The key to writing well is to carefully observe the characteristics of the model characters (stroke length, margin balance, etc.). Ask 橘芳 -Kitsuho- if you have any questions; She will kindly support you.

Scan & Send

After practicing, scan your works with your smartphone camera and send the image to 橘芳 -Kitsuho-. Since she writes the correction directly on the image of your work, it is easy to intuitively understand where to correct or where it is superior. Adobe scan is recommended as a scanning app (it's free).

1 on 1 instruction

橘芳 -Kitsuho- will teach you 1 on 1 with image correction and detailed advice in text. Don't worry if you can't write well at first; Sensei has a lot of teaching experience and knows the problematic points for beginners. Since Sensei are not good at English, the support staff Nozo will support you as an interpreter.

Practice again

The key to improving your calligraphy skills is to practice repeatedly. Let's try again by referring to the 1on1 instruction feedback, model, and instruction video. We guarantee that you will be able to write more beautifully than last time. Repeat 1-5 cycles once a week as a guide.

Courses

Choose from 4 plans

Courses

Course details

Trial course
$5/month

  • Facebook Community Access
  • Shodo textbook for international learners
  • Monthly homework model
  • Monthly homework instruction video
  • Slack Community Access
  • Dedicated 1on1 Support
  • Image correction of your work (Once a week)
  • Detailed advice in text (Once a week)
  • Detailed advice in video meeting (1 hour)
  • Monthly Status Reports
Standard course
$25 50/month

  • Facebook Community Access
  • Shodo textbook for international learners
  • Monthly homework model
  • Monthly homework instruction video
  • Slack Community Access
  • Dedicated 1on1 Support
  • Image correction of your work (Once a week)
  • Detailed advice in text (Once a week)
  • Detailed advice in video meeting (1 hour)
  • Monthly Status Reports
Premium course
$50 100/month

  • Facebook Community Access
  • Shodo textbook for international learners
  • Monthly homework model
  • Monthly homework instruction video
  • Slack Community Access
  • Dedicated 1on1 Support
  • Image correction of your work (Once a week)
  • Detailed advice in text (Once a week)
  • Detailed advice in video meeting (1 hour)
  • Monthly Status Reports

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