Inksticks (Chinese: 墨; pinyin: mò) or ink cakes are a type of solid Chinese ink used traditionally in several Chinese and East Asian art forms such as...
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originated in Luoyang, Henan. Traditional Chinese ink is solidified into inksticks. Usually, some water is applied onto the inkstone (by means of a dropper...
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suggests that it got its name from its resemblance to the blocks of sumi (inkstick) imported from China (Kara) for use in Japanese calligraphy. Karasumi is...
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Chinese calligraphy, India ink is commonly used in a solid form called an inkstick. Basic India ink is composed of a variety of fine soot, known as lampblack...
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Ink wash painting (section Inkstick)
usually grind inkstick over an inkstone to obtain black ink, but prepared liquid inks (bokuju (墨汁) in Japanese) are also available. Most inksticks are made...
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brushes. Direct evidence for the earliest Chinese inks, similar to modern inksticks, is found around 256 BC, in the end of the Warring States period; being...
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District, prefecture-level city of Huzhou, of Zhejiang province (浙江). The Inkstick (Chinese: 墨; pinyin: mò, Korean: 묵 muk, Vietnamese: 墨 mực, Japanese: 墨...
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brush (筆, fude) An inkstick (墨, sumi).The hardened mixture of vegetable or pine soot and glue in the shape of a stick. The best inksticks are between 50 and...
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Treasures of the Study Grease pencil Ink brush Ink eraser Inkstand Inkwell Inkstick Inkstone Invisible ink List of artistic media List of stationery topics...
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brush was invented in China around 300 B.C. Together with the inkstone, inkstick and Xuan paper, these four writing implements form the Four Treasures of...
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