International studio . A PEACH ORCHARD )II. PAINTING BY oK ADA-SABVROSUKE165 Studio-Talk. WOMEN DIVERS OIL PAINTING BY KOBAYASHI-SKOKICHI numerous paintings dealing with historicalsubjects, such as A Sea Fight by Yamakawa-Eiga and The Fan Target by Ogata-Gessan,but not a single example of portrait paintingas such. I have also to note the almost totaldisappearance of paintings in which an effec-tive use of blank space is made. It must beconceded that one of the valuable assets of thetraditional style of our painting is to presentonly the essentials, leaving no small space ofthe silk blank in su
International studio . A PEACH ORCHARD )II. PAINTING BY oK ADA-SABVROSUKE165 Studio-Talk. WOMEN DIVERS OIL PAINTING BY KOBAYASHI-SKOKICHI numerous paintings dealing with historicalsubjects, such as A Sea Fight by Yamakawa-Eiga and The Fan Target by Ogata-Gessan,but not a single example of portrait paintingas such. I have also to note the almost totaldisappearance of paintings in which an effec-tive use of blank space is made. It must beconceded that one of the valuable assets of thetraditional style of our painting is to presentonly the essentials, leaving no small space ofthe silk blank in such a way that it performsits own function of depth and intensity. By theWater in Winter (a pair of two-panelled screens)by Takebayashi-Shuho was one of the very few pic-tures in which the blank space was well utilized. Before concluding, let me say that, judged bythis exhibition, the qualities which used to dis-tinguish the works of Kyoto artists from thoseof Tokyo are fast disappearing. The formerhave generally been known for their skill in theuse of brush and colours, and the latter
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