Research Catalog

Title

Japanese ink-painting; lessons in Suiboku technique.

Author

Saitō, Ryūkyū.

Publication

Rutland, Vt., C. E. Tuttle Co. [1959]

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Details

Description

96 p. illus.; 21 x 22 cm.

Summary

Beginner's manual including ink and watercolor combinations.

Alternative Title

• Suiboku technique.
• Suiboku technique

Subjects

• Painting > Technique
• Painting, Japanese

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Suiboku : nature in nuances of black and white -- 2. The painter's tools -- The brush : fude -- The ink : sumi -- The inkstone : suzuri -- The paper : kami -- Other equipment -- 3. The fundamentals -- The way of the brush -- The tempo of strokes -- The nuances of sumi -- The charm of wet and dry -- 4. The "four gentlemen" : first lessons -- The orchid : ran and kei -- The bamboo : také -- The plum : ume -- The chrysanthemum : kiku -- 5. Advanced techniques -- "Broken ink" and "splashed ink" : haboku and hatsuboku -- "Without bones" : bokkotsu -- "Spot and substance" : tentai -- 6. Advanced lessons -- Turnip -- Grapes -- Eggplant and cucumber -- Iris -- Pine tree -- Hillsides -- Figures -- Rocks -- Camellia -- Water lily -- Goldfish -- Shrimp -- Squid -- Trees -- Larks -- Thistle -- Mandarin duck -- Baby birds -- Tree in the rain -- Magnolia -- Swallow -- Hen and chicks -- 7. Exemplars -- 1. Paintings by classic masters -- 2. Paintings by the author -- 3. Paintings by the author's pupils.

LCCN

^^^59006634^

OCLC

• 518406
• SCSB-10031509

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library