Could you tell me about sumie （ink painting）?"IC001004", "2282140"

It's a very interesting discovery to learn about ink painting."IC001004", "2383845"

By drawing a sumie, I feel I achieve an understanding for the Japanese perspective of things.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1996年12月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT122007", "2276620"

Jim Hathaway, a sumi-e ink painter, uses a wooden nagaya （row house） still standing in Yanaka as his studio."IC013001", "2389555"

After an explanation of how to use the sumi-e implements, they were given the topics of maple leaves and bamboo."IC007001", "2235684"

"My mother had been creating a lot of beautiful screens and scrolls and I thought it would be so nice to have a gallery that was just totally conceptualized for calligraphy, Japanese ink paintings or sumiye."〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2004年3月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT209012", "2173283"

Guided by members of the Yanaka-Gakko, which aims for the preservation of Yanaka, the participants explored some narrow roads, did some shopping at roadside stalls and along Yanaka Ginza street, and visited the active ink painter Jim Hathaway and a special paintbrush shop called Tanabe Bunkaido, which in the post was visited by such famous artists as Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro."IC001003", "2306308"

She is studying the Japanese language （adding to an already impressive repertoire of languages that includes French, English and the Luxembourgian language）, as well as taking lessons in sumie （Indian-ink drawing） and ikebana （flower arrangement） with other diplomatic wives.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1997年7月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT129007", "2443651"

Yes, space of ink painting is very different from oil painting's."IC001004", "2573240"

He then told them about Yanaka which they were about to see, and his own work in ink painting."IC005001", "2315283"

Maybe that is why I try to enrich my life in studying sumi-e, a technique I had not experienced before.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1996年5月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT115007", "2400844"

But I was fascinated by the completely different touch and space of sumie."IC001004", "2269457"

But in ink painting, if you fill up the space, it's ugly."IC001004", "2271711"

But when I started to study ink painting, I realized that I was just a baby."IC001004", "2275425"

Suibokuga, or ink painting, developed from Chinese ink painting, and flourished in the Muromachi period."A0000180", "2457347"

The participants, who had been handed sets of practice implements by the staff, gathered round Hathaway as the practical sumi-e painting began."IC007001", "2497383"

On the day of the tour, which was held in fine autumn weather, the participants made their way up behind Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music to the precincts of Gokokuin temple, which is dedicated to Daikokuten, the god of wealth, and listened to a talk by the sumi-e ink painter Jim Hathaway."IC005001", "2421223"

After studying oil painting at a university in the United States, Hathaway came to Japan 16 years ago, attracted by the beauty of sumi-e and the depth of its expression."IC007001", "2236865"

This is a humanity essay by a New York-born Sumie artist living in a downtown nagaya （a traditional Japanese tenement house） with his family.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2000年12月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT170052", "2532881"

Traditional sumi-e and modern Roppongi Hills, Japanese and foreign, robots and people: It was a rather unique workshop bringing many contrasts together, but the participants seemed more than satisfied."IC007001", "2545304"

In fact, right now I am taking lessons in sumie （Japanese ink drawing）〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1996年12月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT122007", "2361043"

While listening to the discussion, I thought of such things as the small gardens of Kyoto townhouses, the blank parts of a sumi-e ink painting, and the silent moments in rakugo storytelling."IC018023", "2567209"

On the day of the workshop, first of all Hathaway, using a projector, gave a lecture introducing the representative sumi-e paintings of Japan and China, the history and method of drawing sumi-e, and its attractions."IC007001", "2421224"

On April 17 a sumi-e workshop was held in Roppongi Hills, cosponsored by the Mori Art Center and IHCSA."IC007001", "2419131"

Suibokuga is a style of Indian-ink painting introduced to Japan from China in the Kamakura period."A0000182", "2457346"

Zen teaches that enlightenment can be achieved through strict mental and physical practices such as zazen, or sitting in silent meditation. That's one reason it became popular among warriors who considered self-discipline important, and it influenced various Japanese traditions like the tea ceremony and Indian-ink drawing called "sumie.""A0000139", "2580293"

The American sumi-e ink painter Jim Hathaway was invited as instructor, and the participants numbered 21 embassy personnel and their family members from 10 countries, including the United States, Greece, and Kazakhstan."IC007001", "2464000"

After the lecture, the participants moved to the observation deck on the fifty-second floor of Roppongi Hills, where they were to actual draw some sumi-e themselves."IC007001", "2237598"