Taction : the drama of the chisel, stylus, brush in oriental calligraphy

Bibliographic Information

Taction : the drama of the chisel, stylus, brush in oriental calligraphy

Ishikawa Kyuyoh ; translated by Waku Miller

(LTCB International Library selection, no. 29)

I-House Press, c2011

Other Title

Taction : the drama of the stylus in oriental calligraphy / Ishikawa Kyuyoh ; translated by Waku Miller

書 : 筆蝕の宇宙を読み解く

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Note

"Originally appeared in Japanese as Sho : Hisshoku no uchu o yomitoku (Tokyo: Chuo Koron Shinsha, 2005)"--T.p. verso

Includes index

At head of title: LTCB International Library Trust/International House of Japan

Description and Table of Contents

Table of Contents

  • 1 TACTION—The wellspring of calligraphic expression
  • 2 RECIPROCITY—The yin and yang of calligraphy
  • 3 VERTICALITY—Calligraphy’s spiritual orientation
  • 4 MELODY—Regularity,irregularity,and both
  • 5 STORYTELLING—Plot development through taction
  • 4 RHYTHM—Meterless and stepped taction
  • 7 COMMUNICATION—The modes of expression
  • 8 BRUSH DYNAMICS—Upright and sideways,jabbing and caressing,pushing and pulling
  • 9 ARCHITECTURE—How characters come together
  • 10 DANCE—Movement seen and motion sensed
  • 11 PROTOSCRIPTS—Calligraphy and design
  • 12 MARGIN—Calligraphy’s larger context

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Details

  • NCID
    BB05455585
  • ISBN
    • 9784903452210
  • Country Code
    ja
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    jpn
  • Place of Publication
    Tokyo
  • Pages/Volumes
    xviii, 297 p., [8] p. of plates
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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