Bijutsukai Pl.114
1901
Furuya Kōrin scattered traditional Japanese toys and motifs across the page like a child's playroom exploded in the best possible way. A white rabbit tumbles over a bold red stripe while a grinning tiger mask peers out from the chaos below, surrounded by kites, fans, and patterned fabrics. Created for the art magazine Bijutsukai in 1901, this piece shows how Kōrin took the elegant Rinpa style and gave it a wild, almost cubist energy decades before Western artists caught on to fragmentation. The dynamic, scattered composition feels surprisingly modern for turn-of-the-century Japan.
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- Woodblock print
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- Paper
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