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The art and technique of sumi-e [electronic resource] : Japanese ink painting as taught by Ukai Uchiyama / Kay Morrissey Thompson.

by Thompson, Kay Morrissey.

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Boston : Tuttle Pub., 2012.

Uchiyama, Ukai, 1907-

Sumie -- Technique.

Painting, Japanese.

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9781462908561 (electronic bk.)

146290856X (electronic bk.)

1 online resource : ill. (some col.)

Table of Contents; An Introduction to Ukai Uchiyama, Master Calligraphist and Sumi Painter; The Sumi Artist; Sembyo: The Way of a a Line; Mokkotsu: Wash Stroke; Iren: Continuous Calligraphic Motion; Grass Strokes; Shikunshi: The Four Gentlemen of Japan; Ran, the Orchid; Take, the Bamboo; Ume, the Plum; Kiku, the Chrysanthemum; The Rose; Other Flowers; Tree Barks; The Pine Tree; Fuji, the Wisteria; Fruits and Vegetables; Insects; Birds: the Sparrow; Larger Birds; Fish; Animals; Landscape. . .the Sketchbook; Some Landscape Techniques; Rocks; Clouds; Mountains; In Conclusion; Glossary -- Index.

The art of sumi-e, which literally means "ink picture," combines calligraphy and ink-painting to produce compositions of rare beauty. This beauty is paradoxical-ancient but modern, simple but complex, bold but subdued-no doubt reflecting the arts spiritual basis in Zen Buddhism. At the same time sumi-e is firmly rooted in the natural world, its various techniques serving as the painter's language for describing the wonders of nature. Art and Technique of Sumi-e Japanese Ink-Painting explores this ancient technique.

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