Shodo. Japanese Calligraphy in Daily Life.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Bloomsbury Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology.

Art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file)

Distribution:

London: Bloomsbury Video. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2022.

Other Title:

Bloomsbury Video Library.

Place of Publication:

Kent, CT.: Creative Arts Television. 1973.

Summary:

Filmed exploration of the importance of calligraphy in Japanese culture, with a survey of the varieties of writing styles, the place of writing as art in everyday life, examples of calligraphy filmed in kabuki theater, a popular restaurant, the shops that sell the inks and papers used in fine writing, monks executing sutras in the old temple of Nara, etc. Writing styles of movie marquis, religious writing, etc. Includes demonstrations by celebrated calligraphers, the teaching of ideograms in grade school, an all-Japan calligraphy contest, writing on designer dresses and on ceramics, odd techniques, ancient styles, the relationship of poetry to the medium that expresses it. With an explanation of how - unlike in the linearity of western writing - an ideogram can combine different meanings and references to present a reader with one new concept in one picture. .

ISBN:

9781350911369

OCLC:

1356503327

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.