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Waves at Matsushima

c. 1627

Tawaraya Sōtatsu

Material / technique
Screen painting
Attribution / role
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Collection / source
National Museum of Asian Art

Artwork notes

Waves and islands are organised as a sweeping patterned environment.

Materials, marks and colour

Artist-wide context; individual works may differ.

Media and surface

Screens, fans and decorated papers demand different scales of handling.

Marks and structure

Simplified shapes and repeated motifs can organise a broad surface.

Palette and light

Ink, metallic grounds and pooled colour let texture and reflection carry the image.

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