Taction the drama of the chisel, stylus, brush in oriental calligraphy - Ishikawa, Kyuyo 1945-; LTCB International Library Trust; Kokusai Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan). (Tokyo International House of Japan, 2011)
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.
At head of title: LTCB International Library Trust/International House of Japan.
Translation of: Sho : hisshoku no uchu o yomitoku (Tokyo : Chuo Koron Shinsha, 2005).
Keywords: Inscriptions, Chinese; Calligraphy, Chinese -- Appreciation -- Japan; Calligraphy, Japanese -- History; Chinese language -- Writing; Japanese language -- Writing