"Syo toha douiu geijyutsu ka?" by ISHIKAWA Kyuuyou

ISHIKAWA Kyuuyou is a professional artist and a historical researcher of 'Syo', which is hand-writings with a brush and ink. In this book he describes the history of 'Kanji' or Japanese (or Chinese) characters in old China and says that the origin of art in 'Syo' is 'Hissyoku' or how the characters were written on a paper.

Sorry, it is very difficult for me to explain the words of 'Syo' in English...

(Finished reading on Nov.23, 2007)


The more detailed Japanese version of this article is here!

Japanese character(s) (kanji)
* ISHIKAWA Kyuuyou : 石川九楊
* Syo toha douiu geijyutsu ka? : 書とはどういう芸術か
* Kanji : 漢字
* Hissyoku : 筆蝕