kanji - Thousand Character Classic - Tensho - Two-Tone Coffee Mug
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.
for more information :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Character_Classic
＊This is the 篆書(てんしょ / Tensho) of 西川春洞 (にしかわ しゅんどう / Nishikawa Shundō) , a master of calligraphy who was active during the Meiji and Taisho periods.
＊Note : The characters are reconstructed and vectorized from the National Diet Library Digital Collections 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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 was used in ancient China as a textbook for Chinese characters and a model for calligraphy. That was conveyed to Japan.
for more information :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Character_Classic
＊This is the 篆書(てんしょ / Tensho) of 西川春洞 (にしかわ しゅんどう / Nishikawa Shundō) , a master of calligraphy who was active during the Meiji and Taisho periods.
＊Note : The characters are reconstructed and vectorized from the National Diet Library Digital Collections 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.)
