Folding screen with archaic ideograms
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Narrado por Jorge Obregón
Narrado por Jorge Obregón
This six-panel folding screen is an excellent example of the decorative use of archaic ideograms, also known as seal script ( 篆書, jpn: tensho; chn: zhuanshu).
With energetic brushwork, the calligrapher inscribes one ideogram per panel, applying a personal style that alters details and makes the characters more difficult to identify. The text, which reads from right to left across the screen, juxtaposes a pair of poetic images.
Inoue Kanshū was a Zen monk affiliated with Shōkokuji 相国寺 in Kyoto, one of the city’s five great Zen temples. He devoted his life to the study of Zen, as well as to calligraphy and ink painting.
This six-panel folding screen is an excellent example of the decorative use of archaic ideograms, also known as seal script ( 篆書, jpn: tensho; chn: zhuanshu).
With energetic brushwork, the calligrapher inscribes one ideogram per panel, applying a personal style that alters details and makes the characters more difficult to identify. The text, which reads from right to left across the screen, juxtaposes a pair of poetic images.
Inoue Kanshū was a Zen monk affiliated with Shōkokuji 相国寺 in Kyoto, one of the city’s five great Zen temples. He devoted his life to the study of Zen, as well as to calligraphy and ink painting.
This six-panel folding screen is an excellent example of the decorative use of archaic ideograms, also known as seal script ( 篆書, jpn: tensho; chn: zhuanshu).
With energetic brushwork, the calligrapher inscribes one ideogram per panel, applying a personal style that alters details and makes the characters more difficult to identify. The text, which reads from right to left across the screen, juxtaposes a pair of poetic images.
Inoue Kanshū was a Zen monk affiliated with Shōkokuji 相国寺 in Kyoto, one of the city’s five great Zen temples. He devoted his life to the study of Zen, as well as to calligraphy and ink painting.