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).
Includes index.
Keywords: Inscriptions, Chinese; Calligraphy, Chinese -- Appreciation -- Japan; Calligraphy, Japanese -- History; Chinese language -- Writing; Japanese language -- Writing