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  • noun the first calligraphy written at the beginning of a year

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From Japanese 書き初め

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  • Oh please, my calligrapher friends,
    You masters of shadings and bends,
    I pray you will show me
    In your kakizome
    A happier year than this that now ends.

    January 1, 2016