Calligraphy Styles for Japanese Poems
1 Video View·May 21, 2025
John T. Carpenter, Curator, Department of Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Calligraphy demonstration by Fumie Yamada
John T. Carpenter discusses the use of calligraphy in Japanese painting. Fumie Yamada gives a live demonstration of calligraphy techniques by writing several poems onstage.
The exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art is on view May 26, 2012--January 13, 2013 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.