Tag: nihonga
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Gyoshu Hayami’s Nature Basks in a Golden Light
Hello friends! I was doing a deep dive on Gyoshu Hayami and was, again, rather impressed by some of his work (as I mentioned previously), which of course is quite graceful in terms of style and composition. However, technique-wise, he seems to have been on another level. Whereas some artists who worked with gold, like…
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Itō Shinsui: Master of Bijin-ga
Itō Shinsui is an expert in beautiful women — or at least in painting them. An icon of the Shin-hanga (modern ukiyo-e) movement, Shinsui specifically excelled at bijin-ga: portraits of beautiful women. What makes Shinsui’s prints so special? Women are certainly not a new topic in the art world, and definitely not in ukiyo-e. From…