Ink and wash painting
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	水墨畫
Simplified Chinese	水墨画
Pinyin	Shuǐmòhuà
Japanese name
Kanji	水墨画 or 墨絵
Hepburn Romaji	Suibokuga or Sumie
Korean name
Hangul	수묵화
Hanja	水墨畫
Revised Romanization	Sumukhwa
McCune-Reischauer	Sumukhwa
Vietnamese name
Quốc ngữ	Tranh thuỷ mặc

Ink and wash painting, also known as wash painting or (by its Japanese name) sumi-e, is an East Asian school of brush painting. Wash painting was developed in China during the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and became an established style during the Song Dynasty (960-1279). It was introduced to Japan in the mid-14th century by Zen Buddhist monks, and grew in popularity until its peak during the Muromachi period (1338-1573). Only black ink — the same as used in East Asian calligraphy — in various concentrations is used. Download high resolution version (1129x495, 92 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiǎntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiǎnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Hanyu pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Hanyu Pinyin: , lit. ... Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Romaji ローマ字 Kanji ( (help· info), literally Han characters), is a Japanese writing system which is derived from Chinese characters (Hanzi). ... Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Romaji ローマ字 For other meanings, see Hepburn (disambiguation). ... Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Romaji ローマ字 The title given to this article lacks diacritics because of certain technical limitations. ... Hangul is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja, or hanmun, sometimes translated as Sino-Korean characters, are what Chinese characters (hanzi) are called in Korean. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... The Vietnamese alphabet (quốc ngữ or national script) is the current writing system for the national language of Vietnam. ... The art of brush painting using brush and ink is of Chinese origin, but has developed extensively throughout the region. ... Also the name of a rock band. ... Events End of the Sui Dynasty and beginning of the Tang Dynasty in China. ... Events Oleg leads Kievan Rus in a campaign against Constantinople Yelü Abaoji establishes Liao (Khitan) dynasty Births Deaths Categories: 907 ... The Song Dynasty (Chinese: 宋朝) was a ruling dynasty in China from 960-1279. ... Events Edgar the Peaceable crowned King of England. ... For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... A woodblock print by Yoshitoshi, (Japan, 1887) depicting Bodhidharma the founder of Chinese Zen. ... The Muromachi period (Japanese: 室町時代, Muromachi-jidai, also known as the Muromachi era, the Muromachi bakufu, the Ashikaga era, the Ashikaga period, or the Ashikaga bakufu) is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573. ... Events Ashikaga Takauji granted title of Shogun by the emperor of Japan. ... Events January - articles of Warsaw Confederation signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland. ... The art of calligraphy is widely practiced and revered in the East Asian civilizations of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. ...

Tools

In wash paintings, as in calligraphy, the artist usually grinds their own ink using an ink stick and a grinding stone, but prepared inks are also available. Most ink sticks are made of densely packed charcoal ash from bamboo or pine. The artist puts a few drops of water on the inkstone and grinds the ink stick in a circular motion until a smooth, black ink is made of the desired concentration. Ink sticks are of higher quality and are preferred for works that are to be displayed. Prepared inks are useful for practice. Inkstone is a mill of inkstick and container of ink. ...

Wash painting brushes are the same as the brushes used for calligraphy, and are traditionally made from bamboo, and goat, ox, horse, or wolf hair. The brush hairs are tapered to a fine point, a feature vital to the style of wash paintings. Diversity Around 91 genera and 1,000 species Subtribes Arthrostylidiinae Arundinariinae Bambusinae Chusqueinae Guaduinae Melocanninae Nastinae Racemobambodinae Shibataeinae See the full Taxonomy of the Bambuseae. ... This article is about goats, the animals. ... Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The horse (Equus caballus) is a sizeable ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ... Wolf Wolf Man Mount Wolf Wolf Prizes Wolf Spider Wolf 424 Wolf 359 Wolf Point Wolf-herring Frank Wolf Friedrich Wolf Friedrich August Wolf Hugo Wolf Johannes Wolf Julius Wolf Max Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf Maximilian Wolf Rudolf Wolf Thomas Wolf As Name Wolf Breidenbach Wolf Hirshorn Other The call...

See Calligraphy#Tools for more information on the tools used in both calligraphy and wash painting. Calligraphy in a Latin Bible of AD 1407 on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. ...

Techniques

Four plants, known as the "Four Gentlemen", are often depicted in ink and wash painting: the plum blossom (梅), the orchid (蘭), the chrysanthemum (菊), and the bamboo (竹). The strokes used to paint these four plants are the basis for wash painting. Plum blossom or seven star is the light tapping of an area of the body with a small sterile hammer which has seven points. ... Orchid re-directs here; for alternate uses see Orchid (disambiguation) Genera Over 800 See List of Orchidaceae genera. ... Species - tricolor daisy - pyrethrum - pyrethum daisy - crown daisy - marguerite - daisy - florists           chrysanthemum C. segetum - corndaisy Ref: ITIS 35791 See also Daisy (disambiguation) The chrysanthemum, also known as the mum, is a flowering perennial plant of the genus Chrysanthemum in the daisy family (Asteraceae). ... Diversity Around 91 genera and 1,000 species Subtribes Arthrostylidiinae Arundinariinae Bambusinae Chusqueinae Guaduinae Melocanninae Nastinae Racemobambodinae Shibataeinae See the full Taxonomy of the Bambuseae. ...

Autumn Landscape (Shukei-sansui). Sesshu Toyo.

Shukei-sansui (Autumn Landscape), by Sesshu Toyo The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Shukei-sansui (Autumn Landscape), by Sesshu Toyo The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Shukei-sansui (Autumn Landscape), by Sesshu Toyo Sesshu Toyo (雪舟 等楊 Sesshū Tōyō, lit. ...

Notable artists

China

• Bada Shanren
• Su Shi
• Daqian Jushi
• Qi Baishi
• Xu Beihong
• Mi Youren

Categories: Artist stubs | 1626 births | 1705 deaths | Chinese painters | Calligraphers ... Su Shi (蘇軾) (1037-1101) was a writer, poet, artist, calligrapher and statesman of the Song Dynasty, one of the major poets of the Song era. ... Qi Baishi portrait on a USSR stamp Qí Báishí (齊白石, also Chi Pai-shih) (January 1, 1864 - September 16, 1957) was a Chinese painter. ... Xu Beihong (徐悲鸿) (July 19, 1895 - September 26, 1953) (born in Wuxi, Jiangsu) is a Chinese painter. ...

Japan

• Josetsu
• Shubun
• Sesshu Toyo
• Shingei
• Oguri Sôkei
• Oguri Sôtan

Taiko Josetsu was one of the first suiboku style zen buddhist Japanese painters in the Muromachi Period (15th century). ... Shubun, Reading in a Bamboo Grove, dated 1446. ... Shukei-sansui (Autumn Landscape), by Sesshu Toyo Sesshu Toyo (雪舟 等楊 Sesshū Tōyō, lit. ... Shingei Geiami - Viewing a Waterfall. ...

Links

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