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  • Kawase, Night: Three Contemplative Scenes by Hasui Kawase

    Kawase, Night: Three Contemplative Scenes by Hasui Kawase

    Hasui Kawase 川瀬 巴水, Dusk at Ushibori (Ushibori no yugure), 1930, Color woodblock print, oban tate-e, 17 1/16 × 11 13/16 in. Art Institute of Chicago Hasui Kawase is one of those gripping artists with a sharply unique perspective. His landscapes have a je ne sais quoi which sparks instant recognition of the scene as…

  • Van Gogh’s Ukiyo-e Paintings

    Van Gogh’s Ukiyo-e Paintings

    IKB is BACK with a NEW VIDEO! We’re mostly all familiar with Post-Impressionist great Vincent Van Gogh–the Dutch artist who painted the swirly skies of Starry Night. This guy: Vincent Van Gogh, Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin, 1888, Oil on canvas, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University. Source: Artst Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Oil…

  • Quick Print: Cherry Blossoms and Pigeon by Nichimura Hodō (1937)

    Quick Print: Cherry Blossoms and Pigeon by Nichimura Hodō (1937)

    Nishimura Hodō, Cherry Blossoms and Pigeon, 1937, woodblock print, 14 7/16 × 9 3/8 in., LACMA. Pigeons are funky little creatures. Doesn’t this dove look so vividly spectacular? This elegant dove by N. Hodo seems so life-like in composition. Deep blue-grays transition into subtle earth over the dove’s ornithological frame, a hefty sense of contrast…

  • Rosemarie Bloom Delights With “Sakura”, Zen Poetry Collection

    Rosemarie Bloom Delights With “Sakura”, Zen Poetry Collection

    In her debut digital chapbook, “Sakura”, Rosemarie Bloom stuns and delights with her collection of poetry about mindfulness, the nature of existence, and those fleeting moments of self-transcendence. Scattered throughout the book like cherry blossoms in the breeze, Bloom also reflects more extensively about human condition in a series of meditations about anger, sadness, anxiety…

  • [Flipbook] Ikko Tanaka’s Abstract Visual Noh

    [Flipbook] Ikko Tanaka’s Abstract Visual Noh

    BY: INKBRUSHMOOD | editorial@inkbrushmood.com Ikko Tanaka’s Abstract Visual Noh is now available for online reading! You can check it out here. Also available as a PDF. INKBRUSHMOOD VOL. 2 COMING SOON!

  • A Brief History of the Onna Musha, the Female Samurai

    A Brief History of the Onna Musha, the Female Samurai

    What comes to mind when you hear the word samurai? Men wielding katanas? Ironclad Japanese warriors about to strike a blow? Or perhaps a robed samurai on the verge of self-sacrifice. What about a kimono-wrapped lady on the verge of kicking ass? While most women in feudal Japan were expected to adhere to traditional roles,…

  • [FACTSHEET] Hayami Gyoshū: Modern Nihonga in Blue

    [FACTSHEET] Hayami Gyoshū: Modern Nihonga in Blue

    BY: IKB WIND | February 08th, 2024 [ABOUT HAYAMI GYOSHU] Hayami Gyoshū (1894-1935) was a Nihonga painter from the Inten Revival era. His paintings were luminous in nature, with a contemporary sense of perception. For instance, in Tokyo Dancer, the soft, asymmetrical outlines that emphasize the woman’s blue-gowned figure also make her appear airbrushed! Painted…

  • IMG KOAN #3

    IMG KOAN #3

    Swim against the current (2024, February 2) by IKB Wind

  • Hasui Kawase & His Stand-Out Perspective

    Hasui Kawase & His Stand-Out Perspective

    Within the vastness of the floating world, one perspective stands out for its distinctiveness: that of Hasui Kawase. Born in 1883, he became a prominent figure in the shin hanga movement. Shin hanga prints are essentially modernized ukiyo-e, characterized by a more Westernized influence in terms of pigments used and artistic perspective. Some of Hasui…