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DAY 227

ART AROUND THE WORLD

Sumi-e

THE ART OF JAPANESE BRUSH PAINTING

Brush painting has been a major art form in Japan, China, and Korea for more than 2,000 years. The ink and wash style of painting was developed in China and brought to Japan by Buddhist monks in the mid-14^th century. Sumi-e, as it is called in Japan, and calligraphy (the art of writing beautifully) share many similar aesthetic and meditative characteristics. Unlike many other artistic techniques that favor a buildup of paint, often through thousands of marks on the ...

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