Japanese calligraphy: References & Edit History

Miyeko Murase and Sylvan Barnet, The Written Image: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting (2002), is an exhibition catalogue. English-language books on various aspects of Japanese calligraphy include Yoshiaki Shimizu and John M. Rosenfield, Masters of Japanese Calligraphy 8th–19th Century (1984); Yujiro Nakata, The Art of Japanese Calligraphy (1973, originally published in Japanese, 1967); Hisao Sugahara, Japanese Ink Painting and Calligraphy…, trans. from Japanese (1967); and Jan Fontein and Money Hickman, Zen Painting and Calligraphy (1970). J. Thomas Rimer (ed.), Multiple Meanings: The Written Word in Japan, Past, Present, and Future (1986), is a selection of papers on Japanese language and culture and their translation presented at the Library of Congress. Louise Boudonnat and Harumi Kushizaki, Traces of the Brush: The Art of Japanese Calligraphy (2003), is an illustrated history.