Calligraphy of the Stele School: Harmony of Epigraphy
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Writing after Zhang Qian bei and Shi men song Stele Inscriptions, By He Shaoji, China, Qing dynasty, dated 1862
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 8
August 22, 2017 (Tue) - October 15, 2017 (Sun)After the Qianlong and Jiaqing eras (1736?1820) of the Qing dynasty, the mainstream of calligraphic study shifted from the traditional copybooks to steles, with scholars focusing on ancient inscriptions on bronzes and stone monuments. The calligraphers of the Stele school expanded their fields of study to encompass older works, such as the seal and clerical scripts preceding the Qin and Han dynasties, as well as the regular scripts of the Tang and Northern dynasties. They developed novel calligraphic styles, instead of being confined to the conventional styles deriving from Wang Xizhi.
Current exhibit includes:
Writing after Zhang Qian bei and Shi men song Stele Inscriptions, By He Shaoji, China, Qing dynasty, dated 1862
The Yi Ying bei Stele, Stele: China, Eastern Han dynasty, dated 153 (Gift of Mr. Takashima Kikujiro)
Quatrain in Five-character Phrases in Running Script, By Deng Shiru, China, Qing dynasty, 18th–19th century (Private collection)
Poem in Clerical Script, By Chen Hongshou, China, Qing dynasty, dated 1804 (Gift of Mr. Aoyama San'u)
Writing after Zhang Hua's Poems in Clerical Script, By Wu Xizai, China, Qing dynasty, 19th century (Gift of Mr. Aoyama San'u)
Couplet in Five-character Phrases in Standard Script, By Zhao Zhiqian, China, Qing dynasty, 19th century (Private collection)