#Ito #jakuchu #white #phoenix
While Ito usually avoided painting dragons or phoenixes preferring birds he also created this masterwork
A Gwailo's View of Han Zi ! A Blog featuring my experiments with Han Zi and digital typographic art and articles on Chinese derived characters. Also some articles on Chinese characters in general and their use of multiple Asian languages.
Showing posts with label white phoenix. Show all posts
Showing posts with label white phoenix. Show all posts
Wednesday, 23 December 2020
Monday, 7 December 2020
Kano Tanshin - Phoenix Screen
#KanoTanshin #Kano #phoenix #whitephoenix #screenpainting #japanesepainting
In the 18th century in Japan there are several paintings featuring White rather than Five Colored Phoenixes. I suspect the reasons for this are printed books showing Phoenixes as outline drawings, imported chinese or other east asian monochrome ceramics, and the influence of minimal aesthetics valuing the concept of reduced colors.
Here's one example. This is the middle two screens of a six screen painting.
The white is probably a mineral pigment and stands out all the more given the muted restrained use of colors as highlights on the rest of the set of screens.
 |
This is Kano but you can see how Kano influenced Rimpa and how both influenced later Nihonga works?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)