India has 22 official languages. But the real beauty isn’t just in hearing them spoken – it’s in seeing them rendered in script. The bustling streets of Delhi’s Urdu Bazaar were once lined with ...

The Tokyo National Museum's Heiseikan's latest exhibition explores the history of calligraphy in Japan. First imported with the Chinese writing system, calligraphy developed a distinct Japanese style ...

KAMAKURA, Kanagawa -- A literary treasure trove of letters and calligraphy by famous writers has been found at the former residence of the 1968 Nobel Prize-winning author Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972) ...

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