The Art of Japanese Brush Painting Author:Jack McDowell & Takahiko Mikami The style of Japanese painting known as sumi e is a unique art form that had its earliest beginning in Japan during the thirteenth century. In has assumed a major role in the culture of that nation and has become as symbolic of the Orient as Mount Fuji itself. This book on sume e has a twofold purpose: to teach one to extract the inherent bea... more »uty in all of nature and to show one how to communicate the substance of that beauty in a few strokes of a brush. Practical instruction in the book entails familiarizing oneself with the materials of the art form and learning the brushstrokes to recreate images and subjects of this style of Japanese painting.« less