{"product_id":"bucket-hat-fuji-sumi-e","title":"Bucket Hat 'Fuji Sumi-e' - ランドスケープ","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMount Fuji in ink, embroidered as a sumi-e landscape\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSumi-e\u003c\/strong\u003e (墨絵), monochrome ink painting, makes economy of means into an aesthetic position. The technique arrived from China in the thirteenth century alongside Zen Buddhism, and it works by suggesting an entire landscape through a small number of carefully placed strokes. Contemporary sumi-e borrows that restraint for modernised compositions in which the empty ground carries as much weight as the inked line — the space is not what is left over, it is part of the drawing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMount Fuji in ink\u003c\/strong\u003e has been a standing subject for more than eight centuries. Sesshū Tōyō (1420–1506) painted several monumental versions. Yokoyama Taikan (1868–1958) reworked the iconography at the start of the twentieth century with an approach far less literal and more suggestive. More recently Hiroshi Senju has pushed the tradition toward large-scale work that speaks directly to American abstract expressionism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rectangular patch reproduces a \u003cstrong\u003elandscape\u003c\/strong\u003e in that register: Mount Fuji standing center-right, stylized in white and grey with the angular ridgelines of contemporary sumi-e. To the left, a branch of pink cherry blossom falls from an overhanging grey rock, a single point of color against the restraint of the mountain. A slate blue sky closes the composition. It is the contemplative relationship to landscape that Japanese painting has always worked in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mid-profile bucket shape suits the muted palette — grey-white mountain, pink blossom, slate sky. Wear it with a heavyweight white tee, loose linen trousers and minimal sneakers, or with an unbleached linen haori and cream chinos. The brim earns its place on long walks and quiet days. Made for people who look at minimal Japanese art, who sit zazen, and who have Fuji on a list somewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e98% cotton, 2% elastane\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMid profile, 7.5 cm (3 in) brim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne size: 54.9-60 cm (21.6-23.6 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoft inner lining\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlat seams and clean finishing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Japan Clothing","offers":[{"title":"Black","offer_id":53756631220571,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Grey","offer_id":53756631253339,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Khaki","offer_id":53756631286107,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White","offer_id":53756631318875,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/9300\/2473\/files\/bucket-hat-fuji-sumi-e-black.jpg?v=1786454653","url":"https:\/\/japan-clothing.com\/products\/bucket-hat-fuji-sumi-e","provider":"JAPAN CLOTHING","version":"1.0","type":"link"}