Umdwebo we-Chinese Ink
Ukuzalwa kokubhala kwakungomunye wemigqa emikhulu yempucuko, ngoba kwakusho ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi kugcinwe ulimi lwabantu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulokho okwakungalwenza lube unomphela, ngokungafani nomthetho, owahlala kuphela enkulungwaneni yesibili eyodwa futhi wawungasekho unomphela . Kepha, noma ngabe amarekhodi wokubhala ngamatshe atholakele futhi aqoshwa ngamathuluzi okwamanje, ukwenziwa kwe- thinta Inikeze ithuba lokwenza ukubhala kube yindlela yokuxhumana esheshayo ekucacisweni kwayo.
Uyinki wenziwa eChina yasendulo, cishe ngekhulu lesine BC.AmaShayina ayesazi vele ukuthi uyinki omnyama, ababhala ngawo nezibaya, futhi wawakhiwa nge-carbon black nenjoloba. Kancane kancane, lokhu inki yesilevua yayithuthuka futhi yaqala ukusetshenziselwa ukuqoshwa kwamaShayina namaJapan.
Ifike eJapan ngekhulu le-XNUMX AD, futhi yasetshenziswa kubuciko bokudweba i-sumi-e yizindela zaseZen Buddhist ngesikhathi sikaMuromachi, yize le ndlela yayisivele yathuthukiswa ngesikhathi samakhosi aseTang naseNgoma e-Middle Ages China.
Uyinki waseShayina unemibala eyahlukahlukene etholakala emabhaleni ensimbi akhuhlwa ematsheni amabi. Ngaphakathi kwala matshe (imvamisa i-concave), kuthelwa amanzi, azoqala ukubala ngombala omnyama oyinki, ngemuva kokuthi imigoqo ihlikihliwe. Le nqubo yenziwa kuze kube yilapho uyinki efinyelela ubukhulu obufanele, yize kufanele kugwenywe ukuthi yome etsheni. Ngenhlanhla, namuhla kungenzeka ukuthenga inki yamaShayina eyenziwe ngomumo kunoma yisiphi isitolo.
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