Studio Ghibli Movie Fanart Prints – Sumi-e Japanese Ink brush – mancave office boys girls bedroom

These hand drawn illustrations are stylised on the Japanese monochrome Sumi-e black ink painting.

Sumi-e means black ink painting (sumi 墨 = black ink, e 絵 = painting.

The simple use of the brush would often capture the spirit of the subject. Zen Buddhist monks from China introduced this style of ink art to Japan in the fourteenth century where over time the brush strokes were reduced in number and simplified and were often combine with poetry to create the sumi-e style that we know today.