Calligraphy and Poetry

Beautiful calligraphy from historical poems, reflecting traditional Chinese artistic styles and philosophical themes.

Colophon on five leaves (page two of two), 1851, Shinozaki Shōchiku, Japanese, 1781 - 1851, 7 × 17 13/16 in. (17.78 × 45.24 cm), Ink on paper, Japan, 19th century

On Happiness, Calligraphy in Seal Script Style (zhuanshu), 1871. Yang Yisun (Chinese, 1813-1881). Hanging scroll, ink on paper; overall: 132.7 x 32.3 cm (52 1/4 x 12 11/16 in.). Yang Yisun transcribed this ancient text on six narrow scrolls, starting at the top right and ending at the bottom left. Yang emphasizes the texts historic nature by using the seal script style found on stone steles and bronze vessels. On Happiness features reflections of a scholar on a leisurely life in the countryside, composed by Han dynasty official Zhongchang Tong, who died the year the Han dynasty collapsed (AD 220). The idyllic life described in the text may bean evocation of the past in a time of national crisis. A decade before Yang wrote these scrolls, Anglo-French forces had looted and burned the Summer Palace in Beijing. At the same time, the domestic Taiping rebellion (1850-64), led by a religious fanatic to overthrow the Qing government, had devastated Yangs homeland, the Jiangnan region, with

Calligraphy, Lieh Tzu, Yang-chu Chapter Kojima Soshin. Calligraphy, Lieh Tzu, Yang-chu Chapter, 1651. Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper, 11 3/8 x 322 in. (28.9 x 817.9cm). Asian Art 1651

The pamphlet was distributed by the students in Shanghai during the May Fourth Movement. The May Fourth Movement was a Chinese anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement that grew out of student protests in Beijing on May 4, 1919.

Kyoto, Yamada Geishudo, Yamada Shinzaburo, Yamazaki Yasutaro, Sekka, Kamisaka, Chigusa, A Thousand Grasses, inside cover back - stamped, Volume one (of two) of the second edition; dark green cover with silver-coloured pattern of birds and butterflies; white title strip at top centre; 15 sheets: first page, poem; second page, table of contents; 28 prints, mainly still lifes and landscapes; cover sheet, colophon., book, prints, Japan (collection), height 238 mm, width 352 mm, Japanese, 1866 - 1942, print maker, printmaker, 1903-04 - 1903-04, first quarter 20st century, first quarter 20th century, paper, silver powder, gold powder, colour woodcut, blind stamping, printer, printer's, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, seller

Table of contents of the series A hundred faces on Edo, Hiroshige (I), Utagawa, 1858 Four rectangular and a fan -shaped cartouche in which all the print titles of the series of a hundred faces on EDO; The serial title in the red cartouche; Everything against a dark gray background with plum blossoms and a cuckoo flying at full moon. Japan paper color woodcut Four rectangular and a fan -shaped cartouche in which all the print titles of the series of a hundred faces on EDO; The serial title in the red cartouche; Everything against a dark gray background with plum blossoms and a cuckoo flying at full moon. Japan paper color woodcut

Brush pens and old books

Tale of the Wisteria Robe Tale of the Wisteria Robe, 15th century. Ink on mica-flecked paper, 6 5/8 x 405 1/4 in. (16.8 x 1029.3 cm). Asian Art 15th century

Tae Choson chido. Map of Korea, c1874. Showing administrative and political divisions.

Sixteen Illustrations of Ceremonial Decoration Japan 1903 View more. Sixteen Illustrations of Ceremonial Decoration. Japan. 1903. Ink on paper. Illustrated Books

Letter to Tomioka Tessai, late 19th century, Ōtagaki Rengetsu, Japanese, 1791 - 1875, 6 1/4 × 17 3/8 in. (15.88 × 44.13 cm) (image)41 3/16 × 24 1/8 in. (104.62 × 61.28 cm) (without roller), Ink on paper, Japan, Cursive script (sōsho), Open, rounded forms are characteristic of Rengetsu's style. Chinese characters (kanji) and Japanese syllables (kana) flow rapidly, mostly without lifting the brush. A Buddhist nun, Rengetsu has become a popular figure in the Westshe lived through tragedy, losing two husbands and a child, and supported herself by making pottery and calligraphy. This letter, written in a free, informal style, is addressed to her friend, the painter Tomioka Tessai (1836-1924), who was becoming the most successful literati painter in Kyoto at that time.

Song Zhiwen's Layered Peaks, mid 18th century, Ike Taiga, Japanese, 1723 - 1776, 8 7/16 × 19 1/4 in. (21.43 × 48.9 cm) (image), Ink on mica paper, Japan, Standard script (kaisho), The couplet was composed by the Chinese poet Song Zhiwen (656'-712) and reads

Tale of the Wisteria Robe Tale of the Wisteria Robe, 15th century. Ink on mica-flecked paper, 6 5/8 x 405 1/4 in. (16.8 x 1029.3 cm). Asian Art 15th century

japanese writing

top view assortment chinese symbols written with ink

. There is a sprig over a range. With poems.

A thousand grasses, part 3, Kamisaka Sekka, 1903 book Part three (of three) green cover with in silver birds and butterflies; white title strip in the middle of black with the title and the part; 12 color wood cuts with designs in white on a background of one, two, three or four colors; Colophon. paper

Chinese characters

Epitaph Tablet for Kim Gyehui (1526-1582), from a Set of 8 Korean. Epitaph Tablet for Kim Gyehui (1526-1582), from a Set of 8, ca. 1582. Porcelain with underglaze, 9 5/8 × 7 1/16 in. (24.5 × 18 cm). Asian Art ca. 1582

Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued 1651 Calligraphy by Kojima Sshin The elegantly brushed calligraphy on lavish decorated paper transcribes a series of classical waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued (Zoku senzai wakash), an augmented fourteenth century version of the Senzai sh imperially-commissioned poetry anthology (ca. 1187/8). Inscribed in according to the conventions of chirashi-gaki, or “scattered writing” (with vertical lines of text beginning at different heights), on this silk handscroll decorated with horizontal bands of gold mist and small clusters of flowers and rocks. Brushed in flowing kana (Japanese syllabic characters) interspersed with kanji (Chinese characters), the poetic text is followed by the signature and two seals of Kojima Sshin, a student of the renowned calligrapher Hon’ami Ketsu (1558-1637), one of the founders of the Rinpa school. Sshin’s fluid writing style reflects the influence o

Japan, Tokio, Japanese characters on paper lanterns

Section of The Amitabha Sutra mid-13th century Unidentified The Amida Sutra (Sanskrit: Sukhavativyuha Sutra), one of two Mahayana Buddhist scriptural texts that describe the beautiful Pure Land paradise of Amida (Sanskrit: Amitabha) Buddha, was inscribed in alternating lines of gold and silver inks on a paper repeatedly soaked in a dark blue indigo dye intended to resemble the color of precious lapis lazuli. This style of sutra transcription was popular from the twelfth through the fourteenth century, when wealthy patrons commissioned richly executed sutra scrolls such as this as offerings to temples, in the hope of gaining spiritual merit. It was a commonly held belief that the copying of sacred texts improved ones chance to achieve salvation, and patrons supplied artists with expensive and valuable materials with which to work, in lieu of copying the texts themselves. Once they had been dedicated to a temple, scrolls of this quality were stored in sutra repositories and rarely used;

Waka, early 19th century, Tanomura Chikuden, Japanese, 1777 - 1835, 14 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (36.2 × 6.03 cm), Ink on decorated paper, Japan, 19th century

Epitaph Tablet for Mok Seoheum (1571-1652), from a Set of 11 Korean. Epitaph Tablet for Mok Seoheum (1571-1652), from a Set of 11, ca. 1652. Porcelain with underglaze, 10 1/16 × 7 1/2 in. (25.5 × 19 cm). Asian Art ca. 1652

Nigatsud Burned Sutra ca. 744 Unidentified artist This fragment of the Flower Garland Sutra (Kegonky) comes from a set of sixty handscrolls donated to the temple Tdaiji in Nara in 744. Damaged by a fire at the temple’s Nigatsud Hall, the surviving sections are known today as Nigatsud Burned Sutras (Nigatsud yakegy). The scripture’s singed edges, capturing the Buddhist idea that everything is impermanent, has made these remnants especially prized.Such fragments also represent some of the earliest surviving examples of the practice of transcribing Buddhist texts using precious materials. The copying of religious writings was thought to confer spiritual merit on all those involved in the project, including the donors, scribes, and craftsmen who prepared the materials, and so was done in great numbers during this period.The characters are written in a special form of “regular script” (kaisho) that, while written quickly, is balanced and even, with each stroke clearly visible to maxi

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Calligraphy, Lieh Tzu, Yang-chu Chapter Kojima Soshin. Calligraphy, Lieh Tzu, Yang-chu Chapter, 1651. Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper, 11 3/8 x 322 in. (28.9 x 817.9cm). Asian Art 1651

On May 5th, Japanese capitalists shot Chinese worker Gu Zhenghong in Shanghai. After the incident, workers and students in Shanghai protested. On May 30th, students took to the streets to give speeches, and British patrols shot and suppressed them, resulting in a massacre. Subsequently, Ren Bishi published the article "The May 30th Massacre in Shanghai

The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt. It is believed that it was through this trading network that tea (typically tea bricks) first spread across China and Asia from its presumed origins in Pu'er county, near Simao Prefecture in Yunnan.

Hunminjeongeum. Document describing an entirely new and native script for the Korean language. The script was created so that the common people illiterate in hanja could accurately and easily read and write the Korean language. It was announced in Volume 102 of the Annals of King Sejong, and its formal supposed publication date, October 9, 1446, is now Hangul Day in South Korea.

Collection designs; Zuan Shu. Eight parts (complete) with pattern designs for, for example, kimonostof.

Strip Japan first half 20th century

Chinese calligraphy

Poetic Couplet, late 18th - early 19th century, Shibano Ritsuzan, Japanese, 1736 - 1807, 51 1/4 × 11 3/8 in. (130.18 × 28.89 cm) (image)74 5/8 × 14 7/16 in. (189.55 × 36.67 cm) (mount, without roller), Ink on paper, Japan, 18th-19th century

Japanese script carved in stone, Kamakura, Japan.

Smoking Dragon 1868 Japan. This is a witty New Yearís image of an ash container of a smoking set (tabakobon). The ash from a pipe was usually knocked out and placed in a bamboo tube that formed a part of the smoking set. As such, this tube typically emitted a small trail of smoke. In the imagination of the artist, the tube held a fire-breathing dragon, emitting smoke from its mouth and lurking just inside.. Color woodblock print; surimono . Moriki Rosetsu

Calligraphy Chen Hongshou Chinese. Calligraphy 51901

On August 26th, Kuomintang was conducting a mass arrest of students. Pictured is a report at the time.

Classics

Title page to a set of twelve beauties linked to the twelve months. Colour woodcut by Toshihide, ca. 1900.

On May 3rd, high school graduates from 36 schools in Shanghai opposed the Federation of Examinations. On May 9th, they petitioned in Nanjing. After struggling for a year, the examinations were postponed for a year.

(Flowering rose of sharon), c. 1818-1829, Murakami Shōdō, Japanese, 1776 - 1841, 15 x 19 1/4 in. (38.1 x 48.9 cm) (image, sheet), Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Fishing sign on Hokkaido Island, Japan

Keep Deadline; Stack of Documents on white desk and Background.

Close-up of a board with Chinese script

Epitaph Tablet for Yi Munseong (1503-1575), from a Set of 7 Korean. Epitaph Tablet for Yi Munseong (1503-1575), from a Set of 7, circa 1579. Porcelain with underglaze, 9 7/16 × 7 7/8 in. (24 × 20 cm). Asian Art circa 1579

Hasedera Sakurai Japan

As the originator of Wild Cursive Style, and a nonconformist in spirit, Zhang Shui acted altogether against calligraphic convention, earning the nickname 'Crazy Zhang'. While intoxicated, he was inspired and would proceed to create his wonderful cursive calligraphy in front of the dignitaries. Tang Emperor Wenzong (r.809-840) regarded Zhang Shui's cursive script together with Lee Bai's poem and Pei Ming's sword playing as the 'three exquisite talents of the Tang Dynasty'.

Calligraphy 16th century or later Unidentified artist. Calligraphy. Unidentified artist. China. 16th century or later. Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on paper. Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Calligraphy

Chinese characters Chinese characters on a Saeule in Saigon, Vietnam.

Singapore, Kampong Glam Muslim Area, Arab Street, Chinese lettering

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Facsimile of the signature of Henry VIII of England, crown June 24, 1509, died in 1547, vintage engraving. Facsimile of the signature of Henry VIII of England, crown June 24, 1509, died in 1547, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679206

Kaohsiung, Taiwan - February 3, 2024: Spring couplets are sold in stores during the Taiwanese Lunar Kaohsiung, Taiwan - February 3, 2024: Spring couplets are sold in stores during the Taiwanese Lunar Copyright: xZoonar.com/LIUxHUNGxCHINx 22051739

Tombstones of the 24 Martyrs of Longhua including the Five Martyrs of the Left Alliance. The Left Alliance is the Left-wing Writers Union, founded by the Communist Party of China in Shanghai in the 1930s.

Bamboo sticks made by Ren Bishi when he was in elementary school and bamboo schoolbags he used. In his essay "Family Style Diligent and Frugal", he wrote: "If one is always diligent and thrifty, the poor will become rich; if you are not diligent, the rich will also be poor. If you are full all day long and have nothing to do, it will be difficult!" After school, he often helps his mother grow vegetables , carry water, chop wood, and cook food.

Hall of Ancient Echoes late 19th-early 20th century Workshop of Jian Guzhai Chinese This ink tablet is from a sixty-four-tablet set (30.76.216-.279) commissioned by the Jiaqing emperor from the Studio for Appreciating the Antique (Jiangu Zhai) manufactory of the Wang Jinsheng family in Huizhou, Anhui Province. Each ink tablet commemorates a hall or pavilion in one of the imperial gardens. Each sites name is written in gilt characters on one side; a view of the site is presented on the other. Such inks were purely decorative and not intended for use.. Hall of Ancient Echoes 41822

Japanese castles, 1944 book One part (complete); white cover with black title and circular landscape with castle; Inside cover, blue with the names of all employees in black; 20 magazines; 1-13, text about castles; 12 performances of castles in Japan, each over two pages; Last page, image of Samuraihelm; Inside cover, colophon. In original cover with yellow window pattern and title. paper letterpress printing / color woodcut

Explosion-Part

Hong Kong, Mong Kok K, Chinese signs for every possible sales and service business.

Tombstones of the 24 Martyrs of Longhua including the Five Martyrs of the Left Alliance. The Left Alliance is the Left-wing Writers Union, founded by the Communist Party of China in Shanghai in the 1930s.

Japan, Zeshin, Shibata, Fan, A twig lies over a fan. With poems., print, prent, surimono, prints, prenten, Japan (collection), height 190 mm, width 265 mm, Japanese, 1807 - 1891, print maker, prentmaker, 1866 - 1878, paper, colour woodcut

Close-up of Chinese script on paper

Quotations of Chairman Mao Zedong; 'little red book' of statements from speeches and writings by Mao the Chairman of the Communist Party of China. The book was published from 1964 to about 1976 and was widely distributed during the Cultural Revolution.

high angle man writing chinese symbols white paper

Korean banknote, Five Won, The Bank of Korea. The Hwan was the currency of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) between February 15, 1953 and June 9, 1962.

Woman showing her work with chinese characters. Chinese calligraphy. France.

Krug

Caligraphy

Liberty Bonds - Advertising Methods - SECOND LIBERTY LOAN SIGN, Chinatown, New York City 1917`

A Notebook of Mon 1881 Japan. A Notebook of Mon. Japan. 1881. Ink on paper. Illustrated Books

Timeline of Japanese History, from the birth of Prince Kunioshi to the Manchuria -Incident, Anonymous, 1937 - 1941 document This document is part of an album. Japan paper printing calendar, almanac Japan

Japanese characters, notes on whiteboard with writing and drawings, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Close-up of books

Statistics on the results of the Save Hunger and Cold Campaign (Raised 150,000 pieces of winter clothes and raised more than 1 billion Yuan in cash)

A lacquer box containing a set of poem cards, on a red table: the box is opened to reveal a stack of cards. Colour woodcut, 1820s.

letter boxes in French Concession, green letter box, French, calligraphy

On May 31st, students of Shanghai Law School organized the "Exhibition of Comics of the Anti-American Support for Japan Movement", revealing how the Kuomintang follows American imperialism. The Anti-American Support for Japan Movement was a patriotic movement against the resurrection of Japanese militarism by US imperialism.

Burmese signs, Myanmar, Burma, Asia

Japanese flag captured in Burma 1945, during World war Two

Commodity prices tremendously increase in Kuomintang-ruled areas.

Caricature of the Law on "Maintenance of Order". Based on the Japanese occupation of Korea 1920

S.S. "Yokohama Maru". 1916. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Customs declaration vintage Customs declaration on a Chinese foreign packet parcel from China vintage Copyright: xZoonar.com/ClaudioxDiviziax 8547630

By 1938, with the Second Sino-Japanese War well under way and World War II looming, military themes often pervade Japanese advertising. Here a warplane drops beer bottle tops in an advertisement for Sakura Beer - and for raising war funds.

Palm leaf manuscript of saint Thiyagaraja one of Trinity of Karnataka music, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson's Official Trip to China (The Fifth China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue) , Environmental Protection Agency

4/16/1951 - U.S. Propaganda Posters in 1950s Asia - VOA - Army Dialect Broadcasts (written in Chinese) .

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