Sumi E Rice Paper

To practice the sumi e writing and painting style artists use bamboo or hake brushes or brush pens to draw characters and scenes with sumi ink on absorbent sumi painting papers made from rice mulberry kozo and other natural fibers.

Sumi e rice paper.

These acid free oriental papers are strong and absorbent. The large hand made individual sheets of rice paper come mostly in a standard size of about 27 x 54 69 x 137 cm although there are small variations between japanese and chinese sheets. 100 sheets 13 8inx13 4in 35cmx34cm half ripe half raw half sheng xuan paper rice paper for sumi e brush chinese calligraphy and painting 4 7 out of 5 stars 48 9 98 9. Kuou 60 sheets chinese japanese calligraphy rice paper chinese ink painting sumi drawing paper practice xuan rice paper with wolf hair calligraphy painting chinese brush 4 1 out of 5 stars 41.

They are made in the centuries old japanese tradition. Rice paper for sumi e and calligraphy can be found as individual sheets rolls or as japanese shikishi boards. Hosho paper is s. Search press the art of sumi e.

4 8 out of. Beautiful ink painting using japanese brushwork naomi okamoto. 8 x 20 ft hosho sized hosho is a traditional kozo mulberry fiber paper that doesn t shrink or tear easily making it ideal for woodblock or line printing. 1 0 inches h x 1 0 inches l x 1 0 inches w.

Based in xuancheng the chinese city famous for producing top grade xuan paper the paper manufacturer hmayart makes some of the best papers for sumi e. The japanese term sumi means black ink and e means painting. Is a non profit educational organization founded by professor motoi oi in 1963 to foster and encourage an appreciation of east asian brush painting techniques through publication workshop lectures and exhibitions to serve as a cultural bridge between east and west and to furnish information to all persons who wish to learn about this art.