Ma (negative space)

Left panel of the Pine Trees Screen (松林図 屏風, Shōrin-zu byōbu) by Hasegawa Tōhaku. The empty space in this piece is considered to be as important as the trees depicted.

Ma (間, lit. 'gap, space, pause') is a Japanese concept of negative space, and a Japanese reading of the Sino-Japanese character 間.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ "An Introduction to Japanese". ThoughtCo.
  2. ^ "FAQ: 'Ma' and 'Mu'". Houzz.
  3. ^ "ArtLex's Ne-Nz page". Archived from the original on 2012-05-12. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  4. ^ "A Note for MA: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-Ji - Iimura". www.mfj-online.org.