Calligraphy and Ink Paintings at the 30th Kyoto Art Festival: International Exhibition of Art 2016

Ink is a medium that is greatly used in Asia but rarely used in Europe, North America, or Oceania. Ink wash, Chinese brush paintings, sumi-e, and ink paintings or calligraphy, shodo, sagyeong or one of the many other names used are highly valued forms of artistic expression in Asia.