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Traces of the Brush: The Art of Japanese Calligraphy by Louise Boudonnat & Harumi Kushizaki

This reads oddly: sometimes it's as if successive paragraphs have never met before, and are standing awkwardly alongside one another, knowing they don't really fit. It is, however, full of good information and spectacularly beautiful reproductions throughout. It also has a good section on the tools of the trade - paper, ink, brushes and so on.

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