SAE Magazine 13-2

People & Business // Toshihiro Jinouchi72 What are the origins of Japanese graphic art? Hiragana writing marks a new stage that defined the Japanese identity. It was a style of Chinese writing which made read- ing and pronunciation easier, allowing a greater number of people to communicate. Another interesting aspect is that from the 12th Century, the Japanese started to link writing with drawing and painting through picture scrolls known as emakimonos. At first, during the war p was divided into nobles an The emperor and the no wanted illustrations of ev monos and dictated what Gradually these works ac sense. Artists practiced a illustrated resembled real Later Samurai warriors or trations to be done so the their power and strength the walls of tearooms. Ji

SAE Magazine 13-2

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