Hello fellow learners! I am being very particular about studying how to write properly. I am an artist by trade and will want to study official Japanese calligraphy in the near future, so the details are important to me.
I noticed that, often, the horizontal strokes are not straight, but rather slightly lifted to the right.
Does anyone know the history or reason as to why this subtle imperfection occurs? Many thanks!
This is a guess: That’s a hand writing font and most folk are right handed? …so thats how they normally look when wrote by a right-hander? 右手
Precisely. Same as English letters are “supposed” to slant slighty to the right.
Also just a theory, but aiming for perfectly horizontal is hard and usually looks at least a little off. I think in handwriting I find it easier with a small slant.
Another thing to note is the slight inwards angle on a lot of verticle strokes, like on 五 in your picture, or here:
It’s important to note not every single verticle stroke is angled, you will pick up on where you should do it with practice:
Ok! Thanks for all of your input. I just wanted to make sure if I do use a straight horizontal stroke (in the sort of cases in my examples), it would be acceptable and not seen as bad handwriting.
Yeah! I have noticed those slight inner angled strokes! Those seem more intentional and obvious to me so I didn’t question them. It has just been those minorly off-center horizontal strokes that keep my brain wondering.
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