Sesshū Tōyō

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Japanese painter Zen Buddhist monk ink painter person

Sesshū Tōyō was a preeminent Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and ink painter renowned for his powerful monochrome landscapes and profound influence on the development of Japanese ink painting.

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Sesshū 2
Sesshū Tōyō canonical 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese painter ⓘ
Zen Buddhist monk ⓘ
ink painter ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeIn Muromachi period ⓘ
artForm handscrolls ⓘ
hanging scrolls ⓘ
ink wash painting ⓘ
artName Sesshū Tōyō self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sesshū
birthYear 1420 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance one of the greatest Japanese ink painters ⓘ
deathYear 1506 ⓘ
depicts Zen-inspired landscapes ⓘ
mountain landscapes ⓘ
rivers and valleys ⓘ
era 15th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Japanese ⓘ
genre landscape painting ⓘ
monochrome ink painting ⓘ
givenName Tōyō ⓘ
honorificTitle Sesshū Tōyō self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sesshū
influenced Japanese ink painting ⓘ
Muromachi-period painters ⓘ
later Japanese Zen painters ⓘ
influencedBy Chinese Song dynasty painting ⓘ
Chinese Yuan dynasty painting ⓘ
Zen Buddhist aesthetics ⓘ
knownFor expressive brushwork ⓘ
powerful monochrome landscapes ⓘ
profound influence on Japanese ink painting ⓘ
movement Japanese ink painting ⓘ
ink wash painting ⓘ
suiboku-ga ⓘ
name Sesshū Tōyō self-link ⓘ
nativeName 雪舟 等楊 ⓘ
notableWork Haboku-Sansui (Splashed Ink Landscape) ⓘ
Landscape of the Four Seasons ⓘ
Long Scroll of Landscapes ⓘ
Winter Landscape ⓘ
occupation Buddhist monk ⓘ
painter ⓘ
religion Zen ⓘ
surface form: Zen Buddhism
style bold brushwork ⓘ
haboku (splashed ink) ⓘ
monochrome ink ⓘ
subjectOf art historical studies ⓘ
trainedIn Zen temples ⓘ
ink painting techniques ⓘ
travelPurpose study of Chinese painting ⓘ
visited Ming dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Ming China

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Muromachi period → notableArtist → Sesshū Tōyō ⓘ
Sesshū Tōyō → name → Sesshū Tōyō self-link ⓘ
Sesshū Tōyō → artName → Sesshū Tōyō self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sesshū
Sesshū Tōyō → honorificTitle → Sesshū Tōyō self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sesshū