Edomoji
{{Short description|Edo-period Japanese typefaces}}
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{{nihongo||江戸文字|Edomoji|えどもじ|lead=yes}} (or {{Transliteration|ja|edo-moji}}) are Japanese typefaces invented for advertising during the Edo period. The main styles of {{Transliteration|ja|edomoji}} are {{Transliteration|ja|chōchinmoji}}, found on paper lanterns outside restaurants; {{Transliteration|ja|higemoji}}, used to label {{Transliteration|ja|kakigōri}} and drinks like {{Transliteration|ja|ramune}} and {{Transliteration|ja|sake}}; {{Transliteration|ja|kagomoji}}, literally "cage letters"; {{Transliteration|ja|kakuji}}, a thick and rectangular seal script; {{Transliteration|ja|kanteiryū}}, often used on flyers for performances such as kabuki and {{Transliteration|ja|rakugo}}; and {{Transliteration|ja|yosemoji}}, a mix of {{Transliteration|ja|chōchinmoji}} and {{Transliteration|ja|kanteiryū}}.
{{Transliteration|ja|Chōchinmoji}}
{{Transliteration|ja|Higemoji}}
{{Nihongo3||髭文字|Higemoji}} characters have little "whiskers" ({{Transliteration|ja|hige}}) on them. This style is used for {{Transliteration|ja|kakigōri}} and {{Transliteration|ja|ramune}} signs as well as being a common style for {{Transliteration|ja|sake}} labels. While this {{Transliteration|ja|gyosho}}-esque script appears fluid and spontaneous, it follows a strict ruleset based on the Chinese-originating "7–5–3 pattern". The brushstrokes must appear as seven distinct bristle lines, with narrower passages requiring five, and three as the stroke terminates.{{cite book |last1=Richie |first1=Donald |author1-link=Donald Richie |title=A Lateral View: Essays on Culture and Style in Contemporary Japan. ("Signs and Symbols", 1974) |date=1987 |publisher=Stone Bridge Press |isbn=9780962813740 |pages=85–92}}
{{Transliteration|ja|Kagomoji}}
{{Nihongo3||籠文字|Kagomoji}} literally means "cage letters". The characters are thick and square in shape. It is usually used in inverted form or sometimes as an outline.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
{{Transliteration|ja|Kakuji}}
{{Nihongo3||角字|Kakuji}} is a very heavy, rectangular style used for making seals and inspired from folded-style Mongolian traditional script.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
{{Transliteration|ja|Kanteiryū}}
{{Nihongo3||勘亭流|Kanteiryū}}, also known as {{Transliteration|ja|kantei}} or {{nihongo||芝居文字|shibaimoji}}, is a style is used for publicity and programmes for arts like kabuki and {{Transliteration|ja|rakugo}}. Invented by {{nihongo|Okazakiya Kanroku|岡崎屋 勘六}}, the name derives from Okazaki's nickname, {{nihongo||勘亭|kantei}}.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
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{{Transliteration|ja|Yosemoji}}
The name {{Nihongo3||寄席文字|Yosemoji|extra=lit. "letters for {{Transliteration|ja|yose}}"}} is used in Japanese theater. A combination of {{Transliteration|ja|kanteiryū}} and {{Transliteration|ja|chōchinmoji}}, it was used for posters and flyers, as well as in {{Transliteration|ja|rakugo}} performances (e.g. {{Transliteration|ja|mekuri}}), {{Transliteration|ja|nafuda}}, and {{Transliteration|ja|nobori}}. Unlike other calligraphic styles, {{Transliteration|ja|yosemoji}} allows and even encourages multiple brushstrokes in order to fill in the characters as much as possible.{{cite thesis |last=Shores |first=Matthew Wayne |title=A Critical Study of Kamigata Rakugo and Its Traditions |date=August 2014 |publisher=University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |degree=PhD |id=Dissertation |hdl=10125/100366 |url=https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/100366/1/Shores_Matthew_r.pdf }}
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External links
- [http://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/shotai.html#edomoji sci.lang.japan FAQ: Edomoji]