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Your situation: You want to write beautifully so that you are accepted as a person of good character. 

Your problem: You do not write very well.

Your solution: Practice forming the character for “tree” shown above. Form the strokes of the character in the order indicated by the numbers. Always move from left to right and top to bottom with your stroke. When you have created a beautiful character, email it to your teacher. Then click below to read about Japanese writing and literature and complete the notes for this section.

Click here to read "Writing and Literature in Heian Japan"