Hiroshi Senju Waterfall Blue Six Panel Folding Screen Washington DC United States // WASHINGTON DC, United States — A curved wooden viewing bench faces Hiroshi Senju's 2024 artwork "Waterfall," a pair of six-panel folding screens exhibited at the National Museum of Asian Art. Rooted in the nihonga tradition of Japanese-style painting, Senju created the vivid blue background by applying slightly burned azurite mineral pigment onto Japanese mulberry paper using wide, traditional brushes. The cascading water effects were achieved by pouring, brushing, and spraying shell white pigment across the e

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