Ukiyo-e, ink and gold leaf

Japanese painting keeps finding the same balance from very different directions: flat colour against empty space, a horizon placed high, weather doing most of the emotional work. Woodblock prints, sumi-e ink, gold-ground screens and Nihonga pigment all show up in this wing — and all of them suit a screen that's meant to be glanced at, not stared down.

Every piece in this collection is generated by AI in the style of a historical movement, then animated. They are original homages — not scans, photographs or reproductions of existing artworks.