The link with the masters of the past

The artist Ando Hirosige used to love painting cats. He depicted the beauty of the motion of these characters of the Japanese myths and legends. In the country of Ukiyo-e, there is also a popular belief that a cat can possess the human’s characters. This quality is also proper to the movement of the brush. It follows the thoughts and the soul of the author fluently.

The link with the sea element

The water stream is changeable and elusive. The wave is taking away the school of fish, pebbles and sea shells. The link between the ink and the water- suminagashi is able to stop it! This ancient technique catches the unique movement of the water on the surface of the rice paper.

The link with Holland

Holland is the country of the tulips and the culinary abundance. Rangaku, the cultural study of this country, was one of the first steps which led to the connection between Japanese and European art. This is surprising that the Dutch still-life isn’t opposite to the Japanese aesthetics but form the symbolic union. The Japanese painting sumi-e can also reveal the aroma, the taste and the mellowness.

The link with the journey

Any journey can evoke a feeling of the flying. It is associated with the bird which is flying under the high chains, with running deer and with the movement of the brush over the white piece of the rice paper. In the ocean and air there are no frontiers between countries and continents but there is a sense of their inseparable link. In Russia you can’t find the bamboo groves. By the way, you can’t understand the Japanese traditional culture if it doesn’t appeal to you.

The link with the tea art

Tea is also the work of art. The Japanese painting sumi-e is expressive in one line, the tea - in one taste nuance. The beauty of the simple things, wabi, and the charm of the old things, sabi, embodied in tea utensils are somehow like sumi-e painting.

The link with nature

The sense of the clay, the sense of the tree, the sense of the brush – there is link between them. In the Japanese art this link with nature is very naturally revealed. The contemplation and the respect but not domination over nature is a very important part of the national culture.