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Description: Sermon Preached by Daitō Kokushi

TitleSermon Preached by Daitō Kokushi

Creator nameIkkyū Sōjun

Creator nationality/cultureJapanese

Creator roleCalligrapher

Creation date1400–1499

Object typeCalligraphy

MaterialsInk on paper; hanging scroll

LocationTokyo National Museum

https://colbase.nich.go.jp/collection_items/tnm/B-2548?locale=en

Accession numberB-2548

SubjectsCalligraphy, Japanese--History--Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 1185-1600Buddhist rites and ceremoniesJapan--History--Muromachi period, 1336-1573

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The Fascination of Taiga’s Calligraphy

Shimatani Hiroyuki

Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush

The Japanese term for calligraphy, sho, refers to letters or characters written by the human hand, not mechanically produced by printing machines or computers. Chinese characters (kanji) form the basis of the written word not only in China but also in Japan and Korea, where the Chinese system was borrowed and variously adapted over the centuries, and where the calligraphic writing of...

Author

Shimatani Hiroyuki

PublisherPhiladelphia Museum of Art

Related print edition pages: pp.95-103

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00302.6

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Chapter subject tags:Ike, Taiga, 1723-1776Chinese poetryCalligraphy, Japanese--History--Edo period, 1600-1868Calligraphy, Japanese--Chinese influences

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