Drawing Tansai- sumi and light water color painting
- Date:
- 1897
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
"Drawing — Tansai (light watercolor ink painting)" (1897) depicts a woman engaged in the practice of tansai — a style of drawing or painting using diluted ink washes to create soft, atmospheric images. The subject of a woman drawing or painting connected the bijin-ga tradition with the wider world of Japanese aesthetic cultivation: the woman artist as a figure of both feminine refinement and creative expression. Shuntei renders the specific postures and materials of tansai practice with the observational precision he brought to all his domestic and creative subjects.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Drawing Tansai- sumi and light water color painting was created by Miyagawa Shuntei (宮川春汀) in 1897.
Drawing Tansai- sumi and light water color painting depicts figures, bijin-ga, and daily life.