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Seal
script of the Chang, Chou and Chin dynasties(1500-200 B. C.) is the oldest and the most
formal style. It is used now for official certificates and seals. This script consisted of
well-balanced horizontal and vertical, left and right symmertrical elements. Over the
years, however, these characters tended to become somewhat vertically elongated. |
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Clerical scripts of modified seal script of
the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms (200 B. C.-250 A. D.). Basically this style is
similar to the Seal script except that the symmetrical balance began to break down and the
characters tended to become somewhat horizontal and flatter. |
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Cursive script of the Han and the Six
dynasties (200 B. C.- 590 A. D.). Developed as an abbreviated form of the Clerical script.
In Sosho the natural flow of the hand reaches its maximum. |
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Standard script of the Six dynasties. This
script is stucturally balanced somewhat differently from Tensho and Reisho. Most
characters have a tendency to form a square. |
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Semicursive script of the Six dynasties.
Developed together with Kaisho as an informal, faster way of writing. |
