His style was distinctive in that he realistically depicted fish and seaweed in the sea, ears of Japanese pampas grass, botan (peonies), ajisai (hydrangeas), kiku (chrysanthemums) and tsubaki (camellias) especially when he put kirikane on items with a flat-surface such as byobu and gaku. |
特に屏風や額などの平面な作品に截金を施す際、海の中に生息する魚や海草、薄の穂、牡丹・紫陽花・菊・椿の華を写実的に表現したという点において彼の作風が際立っている。 |