Japanese Ink-Painting
Japanese Ink-Painting
Lessons in Suiboku Techniques
Ryukyu Saito
TUTTLE PUBLISHING
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ISBN: 978-1-4629-0722-9 (ebook)
First edition, 1959
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Table of Contents . . .
| PREFACE | 7 | |
| INTRODUCTION (Plate 1) | 9 | |
| 1. | SUIBOKU: NATURE IN NUANCES OF BLACK AND WHITE | 11 |
| 2. | THE PAINTER'S TOOLS | 14 |
| The Brush: Fude | 14 | |
| The Ink: Sumi | 15 | |
| The Inkstone: Suzuri (Plate 2) | 16 | |
| The Paper: Kami (Plates 3-5) | 18 | |
| Other Equipment (Plate 6) | 22 | |
| 3. | THE FUNDAMENTALS | 24 |
| The Way of the Brush (Plates 7-12) | 25 | |
| The Tempo of Strokes (Plate 13) | 32 | |
| The Nuances of Sumi (Plates 14-15) | 34 | |
| The Charm of Wet and Dry (Plate 16) | 36 | |
| 4. | THE "FOUR GENTLEMEN"; FIRST LESSONS | 39 |
| The Orchid: Ran and Kei (Plates 17-21) | 40 | |
| The Bamboo: Take (Plates 22-25) | 46 | |
| The Plum: Ume (Plates 26-30) | 50 | |
| The Chrysanthemum: Kiku (Plates 31-34) | 57 | |
| 5. | ADVANCED TECHNIQUES | 63 |
| "Broken Ink" and "Splashed Ink": Haboku and Hatsuboku | 63 | |
| "Without Bones": Bokkotsu | 64 | |
| "Spot and Substance": Tentai | 64 | |
| 6. | ADVANCED LESSONS | 65 |
| Turnip (Plate 35) | 65 | |
| Grapes (Plate 36) | 66 | |
| Eggplant and Cucumber (Plate 37) | 67 | |
| Iris (Plate 38) | 68 |