Bijutsukai Pl.113
1901
Published in the art magazine Bijutsukai in 1901, this piece by Furuya Kōrin splits the composition into two distinct poetic worlds. The top section bursts with a bamboo forest decorated for Tanabata, the Star Festival, where colorful paper streamers hang like festive confetti among the green leaves. A band of swirling, hypnotic lines separates this from the bottom scene, a dreamy pink seascape where bold blue waves crash around stylized pine trees and white sails. As a leader of the Rinpa revival, Kōrin turned these classic nature motifs into rhythmic patterns perfect for textile designs.
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