Taction : the drama of the chisel, stylus, brush in oriental calligraphy /
Ishikawa, Kyūyō, 1945-
Taction : the drama of the chisel, stylus, brush in oriental calligraphy / Taction : the drama of the stylus in oriental calligraphy Ishikawa Kyuyoh ; translated by Waku Miller. - 1st English ed. - Tokyo : International House of Japan, 2011. - xviii, 297 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - LTCB international library selection = Chōgin kokusai raiburarī sōsho ; no. 29 . - LTCB international library selection ; no. 29. .
At head of title: LTCB International Library Trust/International House of Japan. Translation of: Sho : hisshoku no uchū o yomitoku (Tokyo : Chuo Koron Shinsha, 2005). Includes index.
Taction : the wellspring of calligraphic expression -- Reciprocity : the yin and yang of calligraphy -- Verticality : calligraphy's spiritual orientation -- Melody : regularity, irregularity, and both -- Storytelling : plot development through taction -- Rhythm : meterless and stepped taction -- Communication : the modes of expression -- Brush dynamics : upright and sideways, jabbing and caressing, pushing and pulling -- Architecture : how characters come together -- Dance : movement seen and motion sensed -- Protoscripts : calligraphy and design -- Margin : calligraphy's larger context.
9784924971318 4924971316
2011385768
Inscriptions, Chinese.
Calligraphy, Chinese--Appreciation--Japan.
Calligraphy, Japanese--History.
Chinese language--Writing.
Japanese language--Writing.
NK3634.A2 / I8513 2011
Taction : the drama of the chisel, stylus, brush in oriental calligraphy / Taction : the drama of the stylus in oriental calligraphy Ishikawa Kyuyoh ; translated by Waku Miller. - 1st English ed. - Tokyo : International House of Japan, 2011. - xviii, 297 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - LTCB international library selection = Chōgin kokusai raiburarī sōsho ; no. 29 . - LTCB international library selection ; no. 29. .
At head of title: LTCB International Library Trust/International House of Japan. Translation of: Sho : hisshoku no uchū o yomitoku (Tokyo : Chuo Koron Shinsha, 2005). Includes index.
Taction : the wellspring of calligraphic expression -- Reciprocity : the yin and yang of calligraphy -- Verticality : calligraphy's spiritual orientation -- Melody : regularity, irregularity, and both -- Storytelling : plot development through taction -- Rhythm : meterless and stepped taction -- Communication : the modes of expression -- Brush dynamics : upright and sideways, jabbing and caressing, pushing and pulling -- Architecture : how characters come together -- Dance : movement seen and motion sensed -- Protoscripts : calligraphy and design -- Margin : calligraphy's larger context.
9784924971318 4924971316
2011385768
Inscriptions, Chinese.
Calligraphy, Chinese--Appreciation--Japan.
Calligraphy, Japanese--History.
Chinese language--Writing.
Japanese language--Writing.
NK3634.A2 / I8513 2011