Brush Writing
ISBN-13: 9780870118623
Author(s): R. Kuiseko
Subjects: WFU
Publisher: Kodansha Europe Head Office
Publisher Imprint: Kodansha USA
Publication Date: 01-08-1988
Format: Paperback / softback
Availability: In stock
£18.99
About the book
A modern approach to the ancient art of Sino-Japanese calligraphy. This volume contains 150 step-by-step illustrations and photographs to take the reader from the basic strokes to the complex. For many a deep and lasting interest in Japanese culture, its people and its language, begins with a fascination for beautifully drawn characters produced by a master calligrapher. Compared with the squarish, regular representation of Chinese characters reproduced in books, newspapers, and magazines by modern printing techniques, the appealing brush strokes of a