Research Catalog

Title

The magnificent twelve : Japanese calligraphy and artwork on the theme of the zodiac / Willem van Gulik, Stephen Addiss ; Louise de Blécourt (calligraphy), Jon de Jong (graphic art) ; with a foreword by Menno Fitski.

Author

Gulik, Willem R. van

Publication

• Leiden : Primavera Pers, 2022.
• ©2022.

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Additional Authors

• Addiss, Stephen, 1935-2022
• Jong, Jon de
• Blécourt, Louise de
• Fitski, Menno

Description

143 pages : illustrations (1 color); 26 cm

Summary

The twelve animals of the Zodiac feature prominently in countless East-Asian tales and legends, and have always been an important source of inspiration for Chinese, Korean and Japanese artists. Together with the Five Elements (wood, fire, earth, metal, and water), the twelve animal signs constitute the East-Asian horoscope. They form part of a chronological cycle and, like their Western counterparts, determine the personalities of those born under a certain sign. The Magnificent Twelve offers a highly accessible introduction to the twelve animals, the stories that surround them, and the character traits that are associated with them, as well as information on the role of the signs within traditional systems of reading years and hours. Naturally, the book also enables you to discover your own sign and its characteristics; relational advice is included. Professor emeritus Willem van Gulik (Leiden University, the Netherlands) wrote the text, the images were conceived and created by the Dutch graphic artist and art dealer Jon de Jong, and Louise de Blécourt (3rd dan, Nihon Shodō Bijutsu-in) contributed the calligraphy. The introduction was written by the eminent American art historian Stephen Addis. -- (publisher's description)

Subject

• Jong, Jon de
• Blécourt, Louise de
• Ink painting
• Zen painting
• Calligraphy, Japanese
• Zodiac in art
• Calligraphy, Japanese

Call Number

JQF 23-797

ISBN

• 9789059973558
• 9059973550

LCCN

9789059973558

OCLC

1319423569

Author

Gulik, Willem R. van, author.

Title

The magnificent twelve : Japanese calligraphy and artwork on the theme of the zodiac / Willem van Gulik, Stephen Addiss ; Louise de Blécourt (calligraphy), Jon de Jong (graphic art) ; with a foreword by Menno Fitski.

Publisher

Leiden : Primavera Pers, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Addiss, Stephen, 1935-2022, author.

Jong, Jon de, artist.

Blécourt, Louise de, artist.

Fitski, Menno, writer of foreword.

Other Standard Identifier

9789059973558

Research Call Number

JQF 23-797