Japanese or chinese

[Lee997]

Not swords but just out in an antique shop and found two screens but not sure if Japanese or Chinese? 

[SteveM]

Chinese, but it could be written by a Japanese student of calligraphy. Japanese often use Chinese classic phrases for calligraphy. Hopefully one of our Chinese-speaking posters can tell us the meaning. 

[xiayang]

The name of the calligrapher is 黄绿堂 (Huang Lütang).

 

The calligraphy itself is Classical Chinese and reads 道心静似山藏玉,書味清於水养鱼.  

Roughly translated: The heart of Dao is tranquil like jade hidden in a mountain, the taste of books is clearer than water for keeping fish.

 

 

[Lee997]

Thankyou to both of you, I found them in a antique dealers who wanted £25 for both but I didn’t know if they were Japanese or not.

[DoTanuki yokai]

I would have bought them for the frames at 25£, looking perfekt for oshigata