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Inksticks (Chinese: 墨; pinyin: mò) or ink
cakes are a type of
solid Chinese ink used
traditionally in
several Chinese and East
Asian art
forms such as...
- brushes.
Direct evidence for the
earliest Chinese inks,
similar to
modern inksticks, is
found around 256 BC, in the end of the
Warring States period; being...
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suggests that it got its name from its
resemblance to the
blocks of sumi (
inkstick)
imported from
China (Kara) for use in ****anese calligraphy.
Karasumi is...
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Chinese calligraphy,
India ink is
commonly used in a
solid form
called an
inkstick.
Basic India ink is
composed of a
variety of fine soot,
known as lampblack...
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originated in Luoyang, Henan.
Traditional Chinese ink is
solidified into
inksticks. Usually, some
water is
applied onto the
inkstone (by
means of a dropper...
- of sizes. Ink is made from
lampblack (soot) and binders, and
comes in
inksticks which must be
rubbed with
water on an
inkstone until the
right consistency...
- District, prefecture-level city of Huzhou, of
Zhejiang province (浙江). The
Inkstick (Chinese: 墨; pinyin: mò, Korean: 묵 muk, Vietnamese: 墨 mực, ****anese: 墨...
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usually grind inkstick over an
inkstone to
obtain black ink, but
prepared liquid inks (bokuju (墨汁) in ****anese) are also available. Most
inksticks are made...
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pigments used by
Paleolithic man. A
Chinese inkstick, in the form of
lotus flowers and blossoms.
Inksticks are used in
Chinese calligraphy and
brush painting...
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brush was
invented in
China around 300 B.C.
Together with the inkstone,
inkstick and Xuan paper,
these four
writing implements form the Four
Treasures of...
