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6 Gourds / Miyake Wakō - Mubyō
- Product ID
- 0291
- Name
- Miyake Wakō
- Profile
Born in Gifu prefecture, 1944, Wakou started painting under his father from his earliest childhood. His father was a painter too. Wakou became a disciple of Shikou Kojima who was also from Gifu prefecture and a nationally famous painter. Wakou received formal artistic training from Shikou and showed a skill for almost everything; birds and flowers, landscape and people. A former member of 墨人(bokujin) society. Now he belongs to Oriental Art society and is still active on the front line of Japanese art world.
- Size
- 600mm x 1870mm
- Roller End Material
Redsandalwood- Material of the Work
- Japanese paper
- Price
- JPY 98,000
- Stock Condition
- In stock
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- Description
The six gourds can be called “mubyō,” and since they are familiar with the pronunciation of “mubyō (meaning no illness)”, they have been drawn since ancient times, hoping for no illness. In this work, six gourds that have grown steadily from the branches bent low are depicted in vivid colors. By changing the size of each gourd, the painting has a rhythm, and won’t make you feel bored. It is also interesting that the leaves, drawn by the tarashikomi technique (tarashikomi: a high-level technique of Japanese-style painting for attaining natural blur by making use of the difference in the specific gravity of pigments) with gold and sumi ink, also bring rhythm to the painting as an accent. It is a piece that you can feel the high techniques of Miyake Wakō in various places.