Айдзу Яити и его взгляды на современное японское письмо

С. 476–487.

Belyaev A.

Translator: Belyaev A.

The article introduces a translation of Aizu Yaichi’s essay Modern SHODO (1950). The text of
the essay addresses important issues related to the fi eld of Japanese written culture, but can
also be read in a broader socio-historical context. Using the example of the “main” Japanese
exhibition Nitten, the author describes and criticizes the situation with calligraphy (SHODO)
in contemporary Japan. The problematic correlation and coexistence of “Chinese” and “Japanese”,
traditional and modern, Western and “native”, “free” and subject to restrictions, private
and mass — these are the main aspects of the consideration, the coordinate grid on which
Aizu’s reasoning is built. The panoramic view of the poet, calligrapher and art historian is a
mixture of categorical tendentiousness and an attempt to keep a close, detached and at the
same time indifferent description of the situation. Aizu Yaichi’s essay is a prime example of
20th century Japan intellectual essays.

Keywords: Япония, Japan, SHODO:, japanese calligraphy, японская каллиграфия, Aizu Yaichi, Nitten, СЁДО, Айдзу Яити, Ниттэн

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История и культура Японии. Вып. 13

М.: Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2021.