In the quiet of a late summer night, the artist is at work. Sumi-e, the art of Japanese ink painting, is equal parts beauty and discipline. "You're a night owl – you usually paint and draw at ...

(Sumi-e is a Japanese style of black ink painting.) Born in San Jose, Calif., and raised there and in Japan, Ms. Yamamoto was incarcerated in three internment camps for Japanese Americans during ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Traditional Japanese calligraphy ink, referred to as sumi ink, comes in a solid form. It takes at least four years of production before these ink sticks can be sold ...

Sumi-e painting is a traditional Southeast Asian art form that incorporates the use of black ink and watercolors and is done on rice paper. Long brushes are used to create free flowing imagery.

Toko Shinoda is a Japanese artist known for sumi ink paintings and prints that blend traditional calligraphy with Modern abstraction. Influenced by American Abstract Expressionists like Jackson ...

Rice University will host the internationally known Sumi Ink Club for a participatory public art project at the university. Members of the Rice and Greater Houston communities are invited to join ...

Production of sumi ink sticks is in full swing in the city of Nara. At the store Kobaien, which was established in 1577, the ink sticks are tied with straw and hung to dry for one to six months.