Description
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
About the Author
RYOKUSH? KUISEKO was born in the city of Nagoya in 1934. Soon after graduating as an English major from D?shisha Women's University in Kyoto, she married a renowned calligrapher. From 1963 she began studying shodo under her husband while assisting at his calligraphy school. The author has held a special calligraphy class for non-Japanese students for almost twenty years.
Book Information
ISBN 9781568365749
Author R. Kuiseko
Format Paperback
Page Count 104
Imprint Kodansha America, Inc
Publisher Kodansha America, Inc
About the Author
RYOKUSH? KUISEKO was born in the city of Nagoya in 1934. Soon after graduating as an English major from D?shisha Women's University in Kyoto, she married a renowned calligrapher. From 1963 she began studying shodo under her husband while assisting at his calligraphy school. The author has held a special calligraphy class for non-Japanese students for almost twenty years.
Book Information
ISBN 9781568365749
Author R. Kuiseko
Format Paperback
Page Count 104
Imprint Kodansha America, Inc
Publisher Kodansha America, Inc
