Chinese and Japanese sumie ink paintings express the subtlety an directness of Zen Buddist in the 17th Century

Buddha, Buddhist, Painting, Japan, CHINA, ink painting, wash painting
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Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre
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Photograph collection of Buddhism
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Photographs
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English
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Picture
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UKZN - Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre

In China and Japan, but much less so in Korea, ink wash painting formed a distinct stylistic tradition, with a different set of artists working in it from those doing other types of painting. Especially in China, it was a gentlemanly occupation associated with poetry

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Posted by: Thiru
On: Friday, May 7, 2021 - 11:42