Performance calligraphy (書道パフォーマンス) is a kind of Japanese calligraphy combining traditional calligraphy with J-pop music and dance.[1]
It is a team activity, performed on large canvases.[2] Performance calligraphy is gaining popularity amongst young Japanese, especially high-school students.[2] Several high schools in Japan offer performance calligraphy as a club activity.[2]
A variety of different brushes are used in performance calligraphy, some almost 130 cm long.[2]
In Japan there is a national tournament dedicated to performance calligraphy, called the Shodō Performance Kōshien.
Performance calligraphy was conceived by Kenji Kiyohara, an adviser to the calligraphy club of Seihō High School in Buzen, Fukuoka Prefecture.[4]
The club first demonstrated the new style of calligraphy in 1993 at a
hotel function celebrating their national title victory at the International High School Shodō Exhibition.[2]
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