http://www.metafilter.com/tags/eikanji Posts tagged with 'eikanji' at MetaFilter. Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:09:13 -0800 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:09:13 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/58202/Eikanji 28-year-old Tomomi Kunishige has <a href="http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai/news/20070129p2g00m0dm018000c.html">created </a> a new form of Japanese calligraphy, dubbed <a href=@http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20070130p2a00m0et023000c.html" ">Eikanji</a> (literally 'english kanji'), which <a href="http://weekly.mainichi.co.jp/2007/01/20070129180053.html">uses the Roman alphabet to represent Japanese characters</a>. Even if you don't study Japanese her calligraphy is still worth admiring, though it must be said that some of the paintings involve a fairly relaxed usage. (taken from <a href="http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/">Mainichi Daily News</a>) tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.58202 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:09:13 -0800 calligraphy charachters eikanji english japanese words writing Talvalin