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Christopher J. Earnshaw. Sho Japanese Calligraphy

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Christopher J. Earnshaw

Japanese Calligraphy

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Placing the Seal Inkan

Seals are carved with one’s name or appropriate characters and used as a signature. That dot of red is the touch that finishes off the work and gives it a feeling of artistic completion. How many different seals to use and where to place them on the work are personal decisions. The latter of these two choices Is the more difficult of the problems. The trick is to look at other works and compare your own solutions. There are no hard and fast rules, but a badly placed seal can make a work seem heavy or appear unbalanced. Works will always have a seal even if the formal signature is absent. In the case of long written works jōfuku however, the majority will have both. Furthermore they will often have a few lines at the end rakkan commemorating when and where the work was written, (see appendix)

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