Nihonga painter of bijin-ga, refined portraits of women, painted by a woman.
Serene
Intimate
Self-Representation
Fun fact
She was the first woman to receive Japan's Order of Culture.
How she made it
Nihonga: mineral pigments and gofun ground with animal-hide glue, brushed onto silk in thin transparent layers. The drawing is a single unhesitating ink contour, since neither silk nor pigment allows correction.
