National Museum of Asian Art
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Style of Ogata Kenzan 尾形 乾山 (1663-1743) · 18th century
The pleasing visual contrast achieved by applying pigment-based designs and drawings to an unadorned natural surface--silk, paper, clay, or wood--expresses an important aspect of Japanese aesthetic sensibility: the celebration of art's material foundations.
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