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In Japanese calligraphy, each stroke is rich with meaning, each character speaks volumes. Traces of the Brush provides the first illustrated history of this unique art. The authors explore its many styles and genres and investigate the calligrapher's tools - paper, ink, and brush. Interwoven with excerpts of literature and poetry, the text immerses the Western reader in the spirit of Japanese calligraphy. Abundant full-color illustrations make this book a feast for the eyes.
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Louise Boudonnat and Harumi Kushizaki have collaborated on several projects on Japanese culture. They live in France.
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Calligraphy is an art defined by movement and rhythm, which also contains the language of Japanese literature and philosophy, explain the authors of this lavishly illustrated volume. "It is a script brought to perfection, a visual art resonating with words," they write. Accompanied by full-color details from scrolls of poetry, clerical wooden booklets and screen paintings, this elegant book details the history of this ancient art form. Japanese calligraphy grew out of Chinese ideograms, which, along with Buddhism, arrived in Japan by way of Korea in the sixth century and were adapted to the Japanese language. By the ninth century, the ideograms, which are graphic symbols that only refer to meaning, gave rise to a Japanese phonetic script called Kana. From the first Chinese pictograms incised on tortoise shells to the current day incorporation of foreign words, the authors painstakingly examine calligraphy's styles, artists and tools in this visually stunning history.
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- PublisherChronicle Books Llc
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 2020593424
- ISBN 13 9782020593427
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages216
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