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Japanese calligraphy
is a form of
calligraphy
, or artistic
writing
, of the
Japanese language
. For a long time, the most esteemed calligrapher in
Japan
had been
Wang Xizhi
, a Chinese calligrapher in the 4th century, but after the invention of
Hiragana
and
Katakana
, the Japanese unique
syllabaries
, the distinctive
Japanese writing system
developed and calligraphers produced styles intrinsic to Japan.
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