About Jizo Matcha Party #11

*Each work is a unique one-of-a-kind art piece. Only 1 available!*

Jizo Matcha Party is a series of paintings by Michael Hoffman of six Mizo/monks/bodhisattvas enjoying on another’s company over bowls of matcha.

Michael first painted the broadest strokes in an outline of the jizo and tea in sumi; we then printed those strokes on beautiful German bamboo paper, which was then subsequently painted on again by Michael.

Details:

Watercolor on German bamboo paper

Art dimensions: 32” x 13”

About the Artist

Michael Hofmann lived in Japan for nearly 40 years, studying and practicing classic Japanese brush painting with Jikihara Gyokusei, abbot of Kokusei-ji widely considered one of Japan’s greatest manga painters. Michael’s extensive body of sumi-e work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout Japan and the world. He’s also taught sumi-e at universities, museums, and cultural institutions, and has illustrated numerous books.