Secrets of Japanese Painting Materials and Techniques [New Revised Second Edition]

“Nihonga: The Secret Collection of Materials and Techniques [New Second Edition]”
/ Koji Ogawa (Author)
Size: B5 variant, 246 pages
Price: ¥8,250



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"Tansei Shinan," a Japanese painting technique book written by a painter who studied the Kano school of the late Edo period and compiled by the Tokyo School of Fine Arts at the end of the Taisho era.

This is a valuable guide that examines the materials, base materials, and coloring knowledge and techniques recorded in it in comparison with modern techniques.

This groundbreaking guidebook on materials and techniques explains in an easy-to-understand manner with photos and illustrations, while reading "Tansei Shinan," a phantom technique book of the Edo Kano family, which was passed down as the "Tiger's Guide to Japanese Painting Coloring" at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now Tokyo University of the Arts), learning about traditional Japanese painting materials and techniques, and comparing and contrasting them with the techniques of contemporary painters.

This book is divided into three sections: materials, techniques, and practical techniques. For example, about 20 different ways to dissolve gofun (white pigment) are shown, allowing readers to learn about the methods and uses of each painter and find the method that suits them best.

A glossary of Japanese painting terms is also included at the end of the book. This is an unparalleled practical reference book that anyone who paints Japanese paintings will want to keep at their side.

* This is a re-publication of the book of the same name first published in November 2016, with a changed cover design and price. There are no changes to the content.

[Main Contents]
● Materials Section
Dosa (sizing), Gofun (white pigment), stick pigments, indigo, Daisha (ochre), Suisai pigments, yellow earth, vermilion earth, Suo (sappanwood), red Suo, Carmine, Engi (crimson), Tōō (gamboge), ink, mixing colors, pigment samples, natural and artificial pigments, pigment color samples, gold and silver mud, gold and silver leaf, kirikane (cut gold leaf), sunago (gold or silver dust), silk, paper, temporary stretching, wood base, brushes, suzuri (inkstone), seals and signatures, etc.

● Techniques Section
Coloring methods and expressions, ink techniques, kumadori (shading), mayu (eyebrows), washing, copying, nenshi (tracing paper), backing, mounting, etc.

● Practical Techniques Section
Learning basic techniques: Japanese Painting Practice I, Japanese Painting Practice II

● Invitation to Production
Encounters with teachers, learning the heart of painting, the heart of painting and the words of the painter, why painters paint, explanation of Japanese painting terms, reference materials, etc.