Vegetable Gardens by Shitao
INk Wash
Hasegawa Toshaku, who studied at the Kano school with master Muqi, painted Pine Forest, a ink wash double six fold screen. Four groups of beech trees(hamamatsu) are placed across the twelve panels, while 85% of the it is blank and misty space. While Yamato-e painters would curve the trees, Toshaku paints them tall and gaunt using a straw brush on course paper. In the distance are snowy peaks which add calmness to the painting. The scene reflects the Way of Tea. (S, P1, 6)
The Way of Tea
Tea drinking was a form of art to the Japanese, and the rooms which they drank it in were usually covered in tea paintings and calligraphy. One man named Sen no Rikyu strayed from the common way and painted with rough texture and irregular peasant ware rather than perfection. He promoted harmony, respect, purity, and tranquility and in 1582 he built his tea room(Tai-an) in his native village Yamazaki. It was a simple and rustic cedar hut based on asymmetric forms with rough textured walls and unpolished beams. Guests were to leave their worldly concerns outside with their sword and crawl into the warm and dark hut. The master then focused their attention to a painting which usually was made with tea or a floral arrangement while drinking and meditating. This art form still happens today.(S, P1 , 5)
The Way of Tea
Tea drinking was a form of art to the Japanese, and the rooms which they drank it in were usually covered in tea paintings and calligraphy. One man named Sen no Rikyu strayed from the common way and painted with rough texture and irregular peasant ware rather than perfection. He promoted harmony, respect, purity, and tranquility and in 1582 he built his tea room(Tai-an) in his native village Yamazaki. It was a simple and rustic cedar hut based on asymmetric forms with rough textured walls and unpolished beams. Guests were to leave their worldly concerns outside with their sword and crawl into the warm and dark hut. The master then focused their attention to a painting which usually was made with tea or a floral arrangement while drinking and meditating. This art form still happens today.(S, P1 , 5)
Pine Forest by Hasegawa Toshaku