The Cicada Stream (Semi no Ogawa) : [volume 2]
The Cicada Stream is a Japanese woodblock-printed book of calligraphic writing, volume 2, published in Osaka in 1733 by Shibukawa Seiemon and associates. The pictures show double-page spreads of cursive brush script in black ink on cream paper, with occasional round seal stamps and small decorative cartouches. A designer might take from them the expressive rhythm of flowing hand-brushed lines and the open asymmetric spacing of vertical text columns.
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