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2. Sumizuri-e - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. Ensō - Wikipedia

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   Drawing ensō is a disciplined-creative practice of Japanese ink painting, sumi-e. The tools and mechanics of drawing the ensō are the same as those used in traditional Japanese calligraphy: One uses an ink brush to apply ink to washi (a thin Japanese paper). The circle may be open or closed.

4. Ink wash painting - Wikipedia

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   A Chinese immigrant, he was naturalised in 1470 and is known as the "Father of Japanese ink painting". [77] Kanō school, a Japanese ink wash painting genre, was born under the significant influence of Chinese Taoism and Buddhist culture. [78] Kanō Masanobu (狩野 元信, 1434? – August 2, 1530?, Kyoto) was the leader of

5. Michael Hofmann (sumi-e) - Wikipedia

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   Michael Hofmann is an artist and teacher. He has been an active sumi-e painter since moving from the United States to Japan in 1972. For 33 years Hofmann worked closely with Jikihara Gyokusei [] (1904-2005), the prominent sumi-e painter, Abbot of Kokusei-ji Temple, Awajishima and Director of Japan's National Association of Nanga Painters.

6. Buddhist art in Japan - Wikipedia

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   Buddhist art became popular among the masses via scroll paintings, paintings used in worship and paintings of Buddhas, saint's lives, hells and other religious themes. Under the Zen sect of Buddhism, portraiture of priests such as Bodhidharma became popular as well as scroll calligraphy and sumi-e brush painting.

7. Koho Yamamoto - Wikipedia

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   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.

8. Kuretake (art products) - Wikipedia

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   The brushes produced by Kuretake Sumi were designed for sumi-e, or inkwash painting. In 1965, Kuretake Industries Co., Ltd. was established as a plant specializing in the production of writing instruments while Tokyo office was established. [3] In 1986, a subsidiary, "Kuretake U.K. Ltd." was established in the West Midlands, England. [3]

9. Japanese painting - Wikipedia

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   Japanese painting 絵画, kaiga; also ... with the rapid brush strokes and light coloring of Ban Dainagon contrasting ... Her bold sumi ink abstractions were inspired ...