Sumi-e (墨絵), also called suiboku-ga (水墨画), is Japanese ink wash painting. Brought to Japan from China by Zen Buddhist monks in the mid-14th century, sumi-e is a very elegant and expressive technique that utilizes variations in brushwork and contrasting shades of ink to create dramatic images. The philosophy of sumi-e is to capture the subject’s…
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