Kakizome (書き初め, literally "first writing") is a term Japanese designating the first calligraphy written at the beginning of a year, traditionally January 2. Other terms include kissho (吉書), shihitsu (試筆), and hatsusuzuri (初硯).
The kakizome
Traditionally, the first writing was done using ink rubbed with the first water drawn from the well on New Year's Day. Sitting facing a favorable direction, people wrote poetry chinese containing auspicious words and phrases like long life, spring or eternal youth. These poems were then often burned.
In modern times, people often write auspicious kanji rather than poems. High school students are assigned writing as winter vacation homework. Every year, on January 5, several thousand calligraphers gather at the Japanese Budokan at Chiyoda-ku in Tokyo for an event widely covered by the media.
The first writing paper is usually burned on January 14 during the Sagicho festival. If the burning paper flies high, it is said that the person will be able to write with a fairer hand.
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