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a poem calligraphed by Koetsu on paper by Sotatsu |
Hiragana Revival
Hiragana never went away, but I think the most interesting calligraphy during the Kamakura and Muromachie periods (late 12th-late 16th Century) was in large kanji characters, mostly within Zen. At the end of the 16th Century, the art of flowing hiragana on beautifully decorated paper was revived in glorious style by the wonderful...