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2 unusual facts about Sesshū Tōyō


Sesshū Tōyō

Shūbun's style, like that of most Japanese Zen painters, was inspired by Chinese Song Dynasty painters such as Ma Yuan, Xia Gui, Guo Xi, and others.

As is usual for the period and the work of Sesshū's teacher Tenshō Shūbun, style and technique are heavily influenced by Song Dynasty Chinese paintings, in particular the works of Xia Gui.


Xia Gui

Sesshū Tōyō visited China in the 15th century and was influenced by Xia Gui, as seen in Sesshū's landscape scrolls such as the smaller Landscape of the Four Seasons in the Kyoto National Museum gallery.


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