Seal, Clerical, Cursive, Running and Standard Script: Chinese Styles of Calligraphy
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Inscriptions of the Stone Drums(detail), Warring States period, 5th-4th century BC (Gift of Mr. Takashima Kikujirō)
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 8
April 25, 2023 (Tue) - July 9, 2023 (Sun)Chinese characters are classified into five types of script: seal, clerical, cursive, running, and standard script. The scripts are said to have changed over time, occurring in the following order: seal script (late Shang dynasty), clerical script (Warring States period), cursive script (Western Han dynasty), running script (Eastern Han dynasty), and standard script (End of the Eastern Han dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period). The exhibition will be divided into two sections: seal and clerical in the first half of the exhibition (April 25–June 4), and cursive, running and standard during the second half (June 6–July 9).
| Designation | Name | Creation/ Excavation/ Provenance |
Period | Acquisition/ Ownership/ Accession Number |
CMT | ||
| Highlight | Inscriptions of the Stone Drums | Handscroll | China | Warring States period, 5th-4th century BC | Gift of Mr. Takashima Kikujirō, TB-1345 | On exhibit through June 4, 2023 | |
| Highlight | The Thousand Character Classic (Guanzhong Copy) | By Zhiyong (dates unknown), China | Sui dynasty, 6th–7th century | Gift of Mr. Takashima Kikujirō, TB-1423 | On exhibit from June 6, 2023 | ||
| Highlight | Poem in Cursive Script | By Lou Jian (1554–1631), China | Ming dynasty, 17th century | Gift of Mr. Ichikawa Santei, TB-8 | On exhibit from June 6, 2023 | ||
| Highlight | Inscription of the Yi Ying Stele | Hanging scroll | China | Eastern Han dynasty, 153 | Gift of Mr. Takashima Kikujirō, TB-1349 | On exhibit through June 4, 2023 | |
| Highlight | Inscription of the Monk Longchan Stele | China | Tang dynasty, 743 | TB-185 | On exhibit from June 6, 2023 |