Sesshū Tōyō
, also known simply as , was a Japanese Zen monk and painter who is considered a great master of Japanese ink painting. Initially inspired by Chinese landscapes, Sesshū's work holds a distinctively Japanese style that reflects Zen Buddhist aesthetics. His prominent work captured images of landscapes, portraits, and birds and flowers paintings, infused with Zen Buddhist beliefs, flattened perspective, and emphatic lines.Sesshū was born into the samurai and trained at Shōkoku-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan, as a Zen monk. From his early childhood, Sesshū showed a talent for painting and eventually became widely revered throughout Japan as a wise, reputable Zen scholar, and the greatest painter priest of Zen-Shu.
Sesshū worked in a painting atelier whilst training under Tenshō Shūbun (c. 1418–1463). But upon visiting China, his work took on a distinctive Chinese influence, merging Japanese and Chinese styles to develop his individualistic style of Zen paintings. Sesshū's influence on painting was so wide that many schools of art appointed him their founder. Sesshū's most acclaimed works are ''Winter Landscape'' (c. 1470s), ''Birds and Flowers'' (1420–1506) and ''Four Landscape Scrolls of the Seasons'' (1420–1506). Provided by Wikipedia
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1Sesshū : botsugo 500-nen, tokubetsuten / [henshū Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, Kyōto Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan].雪舟 : 没後 500年特别展 /by Sesshū, 1420-1506
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3Sesshū / Tokyo Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan kanshū.雪舟 = Sesshu /by Sesshū, 1420-1506
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4Wakaki hi no Sesshū : hatsukōkai no "Royō Daruma zu" to Sessō no suibokuga : tokubetsu kikaku = The brilliant artist Sesshū in his youth : Japan premiere of Bodhidharma crossing th...若き日の雪舟 : 初公開の「芦葉達磨図」と拙宗の水墨画 : 特別企画 = The brilliant artist Sesshū in his youth : Japan premiere of Bodhidharma crossing the Yangtze River on a reed /Published 2016Other Authors: “…Sesshū, 1420-1506…”
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