An ink brush, also called a Chinese writing brush, is a paintbrush used as a writing tool in Chinese calligraphy and, through shared roots, in Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese calligraphy as well as in Chinese painting and other brush painting styles. It was invented in China around 300 BC, and together with the inkstone, the ink stick and paper it makes up the Four Treasures of the Study central to East Asian artistic and literary tradition.
Facts
Introduced When (Circa) OriginLegend has long, and incorrectly, credited invention of the ink brush to the Qin general Meng Tian. 1 Introduced era (class) Connections
Used In
Ink Brush is used in Calligraphy.
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Era Of Origin
Also in History Atlas: the era this subject comes from.
Sources
1. Ink Brush (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundationlead paragraph, invention sentence
The ink brush was invented in China around 300 B.C.
Origin section, legend-correction sentence
Legend wrongly credits the invention of the ink brush to the later Qin general Meng Tian.
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