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12017-04-14T07:35:48-07:00Ana Drinovanaa7464d947287799e70e60041b3dd733413ebbe01562222plain2017-04-29T13:51:46-07:00Ana Drinovanaa7464d947287799e70e60041b3dd733413ebbe0Green is a color integral to yamato-e, the style of painting intended to depict scenes--especially hilly landscapes--that are quintessentially Japanese. The pigment used herein is traditionally rokusho, or malachite, which has a chemical composition of Cu2CO3(OH)2 and produces a distinct blue-green color. Its evocation is of the natural world and the richness of color to be found therein.
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12017-04-20T19:37:03-07:00Ana Drinovanaa7464d947287799e70e60041b3dd733413ebbe0Edo period uchikake4Edo period uchikake (outer robe). 19th century. Gifted to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 1924. This robe is to be worn on the outside of other garments, in order to display to best advantage the gold embroidery on the white, green, and deep blue silk representing the sights of the city of Kyoto. The watery motif of the deep blue ground inspires a stillness of presence and is directly evocative of the cool waters surrounding Japan. White picks out sacred torii gates, whereas the green hills of Japan may be easily distinguished.media/Edo period uchikake.jpgplain2017-04-28T06:55:47-07:00Greg HeinsAna Drinovanaa7464d947287799e70e60041b3dd733413ebbe0
12017-04-27T17:38:23-07:00Ana Drinovanaa7464d947287799e70e60041b3dd733413ebbe0Funaki ware3Anonymous, undated. Ceramic. Mead Art Museum at Amherst College. The green leaf design at the bottom of this sushi tray is rich in color, providing a visual and naturalistic surface upon which the sushi can be arranged. The green leaf is painted atop a white base; the shape of the tray thus evokes the white of Japanese castle walls, all color and delicacy contained within.media/Funaki ware.jpgplain2017-04-29T13:37:03-07:002012073009355620120730093556Ana Drinovanaa7464d947287799e70e60041b3dd733413ebbe0
12017-04-14T05:13:55-07:00Ana Drinovanaa7464d947287799e70e60041b3dd733413ebbe0Genji Scrolls: Spring Shoots II3Anonymous, c. 1120-1140. Painted handscroll. Tokugawa Art Museum. The Genji scrolls are a national treasure, depicting the story of a young man and his adventures in the luxurious Heian court. The representation of the landscape in these scrolls are examples of yamato-e, a painting style that showcases the lush landscape of Japan in green hills and swathes of golden clouds. Here, green indicates the freshness in the tatami flooring, wherein the fresher the more luxurious.media/Genji monogatari emaki wakana ge.jpgplain2017-04-29T13:34:31-07:00Ana Drinovanaa7464d947287799e70e60041b3dd733413ebbe0
12017-04-27T17:36:52-07:00Ana Drinovanaa7464d947287799e70e60041b3dd733413ebbe0Irises2Ogata Korin (1658-1716), 18th century. Screen painting. Nezu Museum. The Rinpa school of painting revolutionized the representation of color, with its broad expanses of color and abstraction of space in favor of these planes. Taking yamato-e as inspiration with its swathes of gold and treatment of naturalistic scenes, Rinpa painting often uses hues like rich green to represent the lush Japanese landscape.media/Ogata Korin Irises.jpgplain2017-04-27T18:08:50-07:00Ana Drinovanaa7464d947287799e70e60041b3dd733413ebbe0