Taction
Subtitle: the drama of the chisel, stylus, brush in oriental calligraphy
By: Ishikawa Kyuyoh ; translated by Waku Miller
Contributors: LTCB International Library Trust; Kokusai Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan)
Edition: 1st English ed.
Series: LTCB international library selection = -- Chōgin kokusai raiburarī sōsho -- no. 29; LTCB international library selection -- no. 29.
Publisher: International House of Japan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Tokyo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9784924971318
Subjects: Chinese language; Chinese Inscriptions; Appreciation; Writing; Japanese language; Japanese Calligraphy; Chinese Calligraphy; History
Other titles: Taction :
Work titles: Sho : hisshoku no uchū o yomitoku
Notes: At head of title: LTCB International Library Trust/International House of Japan.

Translation of: Sho : hisshoku no uchū o yomitoku (Tokyo : Chuo Koron Shinsha, 2005).

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Taction : the wellspring of calligraphic expression; title: Reciprocity : the yin and yang of calligraphy; title: Verticality : calligraphy's spiritual orientation; title: Melody : regularity, irregularity, and both; title: Storytelling : plot development through taction; title: Rhythm : meterless and stepped taction; title: Communication : the modes of expression; title: Brush dynamics : upright and sideways, jabbing and caressing, pushing and pulling; title: Architecture : how characters come together; title: Dance : movement seen and motion sensed; title: Protoscripts : calligraphy and design; title: Margin : calligraphy's larger context.