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Brush Writing in the Arts of Japan

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (ca. 662–710), One of the Three Gods of Poetry From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1. Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1820's This is the last weekend for those of you in the New York area to see this incredible exhibition on view. Lucky for the rest of us the The Metropolitan Museum of Art has an online exhibition featuring 185 items. What is brush writing?: The art of brush writing in East Asia both encompasses and transcends the Western aesthetic concept of "calligraphy,"... Japan inherited from China a fascination with the artistic potential of inscribing characters with flexible...

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