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Splashed-ink Landscape (破墨山水, Haboku sansui) by Sesshū Tōyō, 1495 Sesshu's landscape in hatsuboku style. Haboku (破墨) and Hatsuboku (溌墨) are both painting techniques employed in suiboku (ink-wash painting) in China and Japan, as seen in landscape paintings, involving an abstract simplification of forms and freedom of brushwork.
Sumizuri-e is a type of monochromatic woodblock printing that uses only black ink. It is one of the earliest forms of Japanese woodblock printing , dating back to the Nara period (710 – 794). Sumi-e translates to “ink wash painting,” which is a type of East Asian brush painting technique that uses black ink.
Nihonga (Japanese: 日本画) is a Japanese style of painting that uses mineral pigments, and occasionally ink, together with other organic pigments on silk or paper. The term was coined during the Meiji period (1868–1912) to differentiate it from its counterpart, known as Yōga (洋画) or Western-style painting.
Haboku sansui (破墨山水図, haboku sansui-zu, Broken Ink Landscape) is a splashed-ink landscape painting on a hanging scroll. It was made by the Japanese artist Sesshū Tōyō in 1495, in the Muromachi period. The ink wash painting is classified as a National Treasure of Japan and currently held by the Tokyo National Museum. [1] [2]
Five colors were available when the technique was first developed; brown, yellow, green, red, and black. [3] Urushi-e was sometimes used as a term to describe all hand-painted woodblock prints in Japan, not only those painted with lacquer, [ 4 ] however, only urushi-e used iro-urushi , meaning colored lacquer, made from mixing clear lacquer and ...
In painting, it is a technique in which a paint brush that is very wet with solvent and holds a small load of paint or ink is applied to a wet or dry support such as paper or primed or raw canvas. The result is a smooth and uniform area that ideally lacks the appearance of brush strokes and is semi-transparent.
Sesshū Tōyō (雪舟 等楊, c. 1420 – August 26, 1506), also known simply as Sesshū (雪舟), was a Japanese Zen monk and painter who is considered a great master of Japanese ink painting. Initially inspired by Chinese landscapes, Sesshū's work holds a distinctively Japanese style that reflects Zen Buddhist aesthetics. [1]
Koho Yamamoto (born April 14, 1922) is an American artist known for her artistry in Sumi-e, a style of Japanese brushwork using black ink. She is also a poet, calligrapher , and a teacher. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She uses her experiences from the American concentration camps to create beautiful abstract art.