Thompson shares the rich knowledge gained from her association with Uka Uchiyama, a master calligraphist and artist and a contemporary inheritor of the long and honorable tradition of Japanese sumi-e. She presents not only a thorough discussion of the art and the artist but also a series of practical explanations based directly upon Mr. Uchiyama's instruction.
The ancient Oriental art of sumi-e represents the union of calligraphy and painting, with a spiritual basis in Zen Buddhism.
Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1960. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Folio. 71 pages. Cloth boards matted with bumping to corners. Foxing on front board illustration. Front end papers separated from binding, binding otherwise intact. Front inside panel of dust jacket affixed to paste down—rest of dust jacket not present. Some folded corners to pages, with tanning. Formerly the property of Kubasaki High School in Okinawa, Japan—stamped on several pages as such. Stunning content.
