Comprehensive Seal Script Dictionary

"Comprehensive Seal Script Dictionary"
Toten Miahiki

The ideal dictionary, fulfilling various demands arising in the creation of seal script and seal engraving works, is born here.

Under over 4200 head characters, approximately 35,000 neat character examples by the editor's own brush are included, from oracle bone script and bronze inscriptions to Spring and Autumn Warring States seal script, ancient seals, bamboo and silk scripts, small seal script, and seal script.

【Features of this book】
◇ All character examples of the seven calligraphic styles – oracle bone script, bronze inscriptions, Spring and Autumn Warring States seal script, ancient seals, bamboo and silk scripts, small seal script, and seal script – are handwritten by the editor himself.
◇ Actively includes characters frequently used in classical poems and prose. Also, based on various materials such as the seal script of the Shuowen Jiezi, many character examples were created and added.
◇ The periods of the bronze inscription examples are clearly indicated: Yin Dynasty, early Western Zhou, middle period, and late period.
◇ In Spring and Autumn Warring States seal script, the five regional systems of Qin, Chu, Sanjin, Qi, and Yan are clearly indicated.
◇ In bamboo and silk scripts, newly discovered materials, including Chu bamboo slips, are extensively adopted.
◇ Head characters are arranged in accordance with the Kangxi Dictionary, and a total stroke count and reading/meaning index convenient for searching are provided at the end of the book.

- Title: Comprehensive Seal Script Dictionary
- Condition: Like new
- Size: B5
- Language: Japanese

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