No.143『木陰に咲く 』 Blooming in the Shade
#中日現代国際美術展出展 #於国立杭州西湖美術館#suibokuga #sumie #sumiart #japaneseartist #2004ChinaJapanArtExhibition #ContemporaryArtShowHangzhou
#水墨画 #墨絵
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No.142 『蝦蛄葉仙人掌(しゃこばさぼてん)』Christmas Cactus
#christmascactus #シャコサボテン #蝦蛄葉仙人掌 #水墨画 #墨彩画 #墨絵 #sumiart #suibokuga #inkpainting #japaneseartist
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Credit: Maeda Masao (Japanese, 1904-1974), detail of "Black Cat in Tree" (Showa era, 1940), woodblock print; ink and color on paper. www.artic.edu/artworks/140...
#catsinart #animalsinart #猫 #ネコ #kot #고양이 #кішка #woodblockprint #japaneseartist #blackcat #catsky #cat #art #artsky #목판화 #printmaker
Two young Japanese women stand pressed close beneath pale pink cherry blossoms, their bodies arranged almost as a single shape against a saturated blue ground. Both wear softly patterned morning kimonos opened low at the chest, one in greenish tones and the other in warmer brown-gold, with thick obi belts tied behind them like sculptural wings. Their skin is pale, their cheeks lightly flushed, and their black hair is dressed in smooth, glossy coils pinned with blossoms. They face us calmly, almost solemnly, but their hands meet at the center in a gesture that feels private and deliberate. The plate’s printed caption reads PETITES_AMIES, and the vertical cartouche bears the artist’s Japanese name, 英一蝶 (Hana Itchō known as Hanabusa Itchō). The image is decorative, but not distant as the closeness of their bodies, the touch of their joined hands, and the mirrored elegance of their pose make the pair feel intimate and composed. The original text around this illustration sharpens that intimacy into meaning. The women are introduced as “enlacées ainsi” (entwined like that) to hold each other. A few pages later, the narrator insists, “Elles ne se quittent jamais” or they never leave one another. Another line says they are not deceived by love, but have outwitted it and hold it “captif sur leurs lèvres pareilles” (captive on their matching lips). Those phrases transform the image from a pretty Belle Époque fantasy into a vision of feminine attachment imagined as mutual pleasure, refuge, and alliance. At the same time, the work belongs to a French japoniste book culture that stylized Japan for Parisian readers, so its beauty is inseparable from European performance and projection. That tension is part of its power now. The print offers cherry blossoms, elegance, and theatrical grace, but also a rare early-20th-century image in which two women appear not merely adjacent, but bound to one another by touch, companionship, and choice.
“Petites Amies” (Girlfriends) by 英一蝶 / Hanabusa Itchō (Japanese) - Color engraving / 1912 - Poupée japonaise (Paris, France) #WomenInArt #英一蝶 #HanabusaIttcho #hanabusa #挿絵#BookIllustration #Japonisme #ジャポニスム #art #artText #artwork #美人画 #JapaneseArt #JapaneseArtist #日本美術 #百合 #BelleEpoque #1910sArt
No.140 『岩苔』 Rock Moss
#岩苔 #rockmoss #suibokuga #sumie #sumiart #japaneseartist #水墨画 #墨絵
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No.138 『孔雀仙人掌』(くじゃくさぼてん)Orchid Cactus
#orchidcactus #孔雀サボテン #sumie #suibokuga #sumiart #inkpainting #水墨画 #墨絵 #japaneseartist
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Koya Abe: After the Milkmaid (Hara-Kiri: Digital Art Chapter 4 series), 2002-2006. www.koyaabe.com
#koyaabe #Japaneseartist #Vermeer #milkmaid #art
No.135 『投影』 Shadow Cast
#reflection #shadowcast #投影 #水墨画 #墨絵#suibokuga #sumiart #japaneseartist
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Fumi Nakamura has created a kaleidoscope of colour and texture in ‘Tomorrow is Our Permanent Address IX. How many birds can you find hidden within?
#art #beautifulbizarre #fuminakamura #wildlifeart #botanicalart #japaneseartist
Yayoi Kusama (b.1929), "Flowers," acrylic on canvas, 1996; photo: China Guardian Auctions, Hong Kong. #art #arte #modernart #flowers #acrylic #abstractart #abstractpainting #japaneseartist #femaleartist #womanartist #museum #artgallery
No.134 『鬼灯)』(ほおずき)Chinese Lantern
#鬼灯 #水墨画 #墨絵 #墨彩画 #hoozuki #chineselantern #japaneselantern #sumie #suibokuga #sumiart #japaneseartist #yuritoi
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No.133 『露草』 Dayflower
#dayflower #露草 #水墨画 #墨絵 #墨彩画 #sumie #suibokuga #sumi #japaneseartist #sumiart #yuritoi
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No.131 『古刹参道』 (新潟県六日町雲洞庵)
Path to the Ancient Temple
#古刹参道 #雲洞庵 #水墨画 #墨絵#sumie #suibokuga #winter #snow #japaneseartist #yuritoi
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Japanese artist combines tiny #HumanFigures and everyday objects to create miniature scenes (30 pics): zorz.it/Gakbr
#SaumyaRatan #art #MiniDiaromas #miniatures #TatsuyaTanaka #JapaneseArtist #objects #MiniatureScenes #artist
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ミニ原画
ネオンテンジクダイ/Ostorhinchus parvulus
#Fishart
#cardinalfish
#neoncardinalfish
#marinefish
#aquaticart
#underwaterart
#fishillustration
#miniart
#originalart
#japaneseartist
No.130 『春の弘法忌』
Springtime Kōbō Daishi Commemoration
#Shuzenji #KoboDaishi #弘法忌 #水墨画 #墨絵 #suibokuga #sumie #japaneseartist
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Credit: @835_emiko エミコ (Tokyo, Japan). #Canine and #feline inspiration in the work of this Japanese #illustrator. 835gallary.base.ec
#dogsky #dog #catsky #cat #artsky #art #illustration #japaneseartist #dogsinart #animalart #catsinart #drawing #dessin #rainbow #animalillustration #tokyoart #イラスト
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