書道家(しょどうか)

しょどうか
noun
calligrapher
occupationart
1. calligrapher
A person who practices calligraphy (書道(しょどう)) as an art, especially professionally: exhibiting, teaching, or writing titles and signs.
有名(ゆうめい)な書道家(しょどうか)。
A famous calligrapher.
店(みせ)の看板(かんばん)の字(じ)は書道家(しょどうか)に書(か)いてもらった。
We had a calligrapher write the characters on the shop sign.
書道家(しょどうか)は大(おお)きな筆(ふで)を両手(りょうて)で持(も)ち、観客(かんきゃく)の前(まえ)で一気(いっき)に字(じ)を書(か)き上(あ)げた。
Holding a huge brush in both hands, the calligrapher wrote the characters in one go in front of the audience.

Usage

Used for calligraphers working today, especially those who perform or exhibit. A great calligrapher of the past is usually called 書家(しょか) or 能書家(のうしょか).

Related words

Related Words

Related: 習字(しゅうじ) (penmanship practice, as taught at school)
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Added 2026.10.12 10:57 · Revised 2026.10.12 10:59
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