Bijutsukai Pl.89
1901
Furuya Kōrin actually took his artistic name from Ogata Kōrin, the legendary 17th-century painter, signaling his mission to revive that classic decorative Rinpa style. This plate, published in 1901 in the magazine *Bijutsukai*, features swirling, ink-black forms that look like storm clouds or abstract moss dancing across the page. It’s a perfect snapshot of the Meiji era, where traditional Japanese aesthetics were being repackaged into bold, graphic designs for a modernizing world.
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