THE VOGUE FOR TEKAGAMI: CALLIGRAPHY COLLECTORS AND APPRAISERS OF THE EDO PERIOD

Walley discusses tekagami, a large accordion-style album which preserves fragments of Japanese calligraphy from the eighth to 17th centuries, highlighting the tekagami at the the University of Oregon's Special Collections and University Archives. Mounting fragments of old calligraphy into album...

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Published inImpressions (New York, N.Y.) no. 44; p. 81
Main Author Walley, Akiko
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lexington Japanese Art Society of America 01.01.2023
Subjects
Calligraphy
Collections
Collectors
Culture
Japan
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Summary:Walley discusses tekagami, a large accordion-style album which preserves fragments of Japanese calligraphy from the eighth to 17th centuries, highlighting the tekagami at the the University of Oregon's Special Collections and University Archives. Mounting fragments of old calligraphy into albums began among the elite aesthetes of the imperial court and warrior lords by the end of the 16th century. The practice soon spread to common people hungry for culture as their wealth and standard of education rose. The vogue for tekagami albums contributed to both the preservation and the fragmentation of old works of calligraphy. Dismantling calligraphy for collecting and exhibiting became common in the sixteenth century with the spread of wabi, or rustic-mode, tea drinking.
ISSN:1095-2136