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77 Dances - Japanese Calligraphy by Poets, Monks, and Scholars 1568 - 1868 (Hardcover)
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77 Dances - Japanese Calligraphy by Poets, Monks, and Scholars 1568 - 1868 (Hardcover)
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"77 Dances", the first book to cover Japanese calligraphy spanning
the significant Momoyama and Edo periods (1568-1868), examines the
art of writing at a time when it was undergoing a remarkable
creative flowering. Everything from complex Zen conundrums to
gossamer haiku poems were written with a verve, energy, and
creativity that display how deeply the fascination for calligraphy
had penetrated into the social fabric of Japan. Many different
groups of calligraphers created works for diverse audiences,
including educated admirers of professional calligraphy,
Chinese-style poets, Confucianists, literati, followers of Zen,
devotees of courtly waka waka poetry, and haiku enthusiasts.
Stephen Addiss shows how these artistic worlds both maintained
their own independence and interacted to create a rich brocade of
calligraphic techniques and styles. The book begins with basic
information on calligraphy, followed by six main sections, each
representing a major facet of calligraphy, with an introductory
essay followed by detailed analyses of the seventy-seven featured
works. The essays include: The revival of Japanese courtly
aesthetics with a new boldness in writing out waka poems on highly
decorated paper; The use of Chinese writing styles and script
forms, reflecting a renewed interest in Chinese culture and
philosophy; Scholars who took up the brush to express their
Confucian ideals and compose their own verse in Chinese;
Calligraphy by major literati poets and painters; and The
development of haiku as a major literary form practiced by master
poet-painters who wrote on narrow poem-slips as well as on larger
paper or silk formats. It also includes the work of famous Zen
masters such as Hakuin and Ryokan, whose poems, aphorisms, and
teachings written out for the broad public created a form of
calligraphy that became an important cultural force throughout
Japan.
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