Bijutsukai Pl.6
1901
Imagine a river made of pastel ribbons—streaks of soft green, sunny yellow, and cool blue rushing horizontally across the page. Delicate white plum blossoms float in this colorful current, looking almost like bubbles or clouds in a stylized dream. Created in 1901 for the influential art magazine Bijutsukai, this piece by Furuya Kōrin is a perfect example of the Rinpa revival, which loved turning nature into bold, decorative patterns. Interestingly, the artist literally named himself after the legendary Ogata Kōrin to signal he was the modern heir to that classic, elegant Japanese style.
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