What characterizes Japanese art?
Composing Space
Artworks are not merely objects created for viewing; rather, they are elements that organize the entire space. Through their placement, they create relationships and compose the space.
They design the space itself.
Beauty in What Is Left Unpainted
They do not fill every inch. The blank spaces are areas left open to prevent meaning from becoming fixed, thereby stimulating the viewer’s imagination. It is more important where one chooses not to paint than where one chooses to paint.
Enjoying the Line
Contour lines do not exist in the natural world. Although they do not exist in nature, lines are used as a means of expression.
Shifting Perspectives
Focus does not remain fixed;
it moves, and through this movement, the subject comes into being.
The Japanese Sense of Beauty
It has been believed that sacred things do not reveal themselves, but are omnipresent within nature—in mountains, trees, and rocks.
Nature changes.
Nothing is eternal.
The world is not static; it is constantly changing. Beauty is perceived within this relationship with change.