visual grammar

  "I f you compare the woman who tried to use  sake barrel as a stepping stone and caught on a branch of cherry blossoms by Toyokuni, and the woman who holds an  umbrella and is blown in the wind by Harunobu, everything will be clear. In the latter, even the willow branches play music along the lines of the face and kimono. Perhaps the former cherry blossom branch, which she intended to do the same, seems to be only a jerky noise. The rugged lines on the tabi socks are also broken." Torahiko Terada "ukiyo-e no kyokusen"                  Harunobu [Young Woman Carrying an Umbrella in a Gust of Wind] Here is a picture that Torahiko Terada might have seen. The fact that the umbrella is an important element in Harunobu's painting was shown in another blog about  "Autumn leaves dance", but in this painting the willow branch is also an important motif. The lines in Harunobu's paintings are made up of arcs of    ...

     Koryusai on the left  Harunobu on the right I found a work that imitate Harunobu's "Gojorei" by Koryusai, who is said to be a follower of Harunobu.   It is well known  that it is based on Harunobu's work [Gojounorei] . It can be imagined that the kimono figure on the left was brought from somewhere and synthesized without changing the kimono figure on the right. Musically speaking, the right and left kimonos are not made with the same scale. It will be clear if I make arc model. As all the parts are not made at the same time, Koryusai could not adjust the harmony  and balance. Early ukiyo-e painters shared patterns and  drew similar pictures. Harunobu's artistry lies in how well it is structured. All the curved lines are arcs  and the circles of the arcs are limited. the largest and the second largest circles make basic structure.                   Harunobu [Gojourei]  ...