The Cicada Stream (Semi no Ogawa) : [volume 1]
The Cicada Stream is a Japanese calligraphy album published in Osaka in 1733 by Shibukawa Seiemon and associates, presenting cursive kana script for readers and practitioners of handwriting. The pages show double-page spreads of flowing black brushwork on pale paper, with a few small round seal stamps; a designer might take from them the energy of gestural line, the rhythm of vertical columns, and the balance of dense strokes against open ground.
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