sumi-e
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of sumi-e
First recorded in 1935–40; from Japanese , equivalent to sumi “India ink” + e “drawing, painting”
Example Sentences
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Their Hiroshima Panels consisted of 6-by-24-foot scroll paintings done in a mixture of Iri’s traditional sumi-e and Toshiko’s Western-style figurative painting.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2020
It is a sumi-e image, an ink wash drawing on silk, in which a few, deft, calligraphic strokes capture a giant sequoia battered by wind and precipitation, perhaps rain, or snow.
From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2020
Its crystalline opacities resemble those of classical sumi-e ink painting, suggesting hills, river currents, islands or the wreathing of vapor.
From Time Magazine Archive
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