July 28, 2009

Haiga 264


Haiku by Aihara, Sagicho.

3 comments:

Gillena Cox said...

enjoyed very much the precision in this drawing; is this also sumie even though its presented in blue and white?

much love
gillena

Ralf Bröker said...

Good one.

Best wishes
Ralf

kuni_san said...

This is not sumi-e, Gillena san.
When a painting is done with black sumi ink and brush, it is sumi-e. Traditional haiga works were done in the form of sumi-e, but the moder idea of haiga is to visualize the poetic content of a haiku so you can use any painting tools and materials.