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On the laws of Japanese painting : an introduction to the study of the art of Japan (1911)

Bowie, Henry P., d. 1920, Iwaya, Sazanami, 1870-1933, Hirai, Kinz d. 1936 · San Francisco : P. Elder and Company · leaf 86

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. Th j brush thuscharged and dexterously applied gives a charmingautumn efFe6l, the colors shading into each otheras in nature. There are five parent colors in Japanese art:Parent Colors Blue (sEi), ycllow (au), black (koku), whitc (byaku).Combinations aud rcd (sEKi). Thcsc in combination (cho go)… … Use of Brush and Materialsblue and red, purple (murasaki); yellow and black,dark green {unguisu cha); yellow and red, orange and^The^r^(kaba); black and red, brown (tobiiro); black and combinationswhite, gray (nezumiiro). These secondary colorsin combination produce other tones and shadesrequired.…

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