Haboku-Sansui (Splashed Ink Landscape)
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Haboku-Sansui (Splashed Ink Landscape) is a celebrated Muromachi-period ink painting by Japanese Zen monk-artist Sesshū Tōyō, renowned for its expressive “splashed ink” technique and minimalist evocation of mountainous landscape.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Haboku-Sansui | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese painting
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hanging scroll ⓘ ink painting ⓘ landscape painting ⓘ |
| artForm | monochrome painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
canonical example of haboku style
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masterpiece of Japanese ink painting ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
haboku (splashed ink)
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suiboku-ga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sesshū school
NERFINISHED
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Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorPalette | black ink on light ground ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| creator | Sesshū Tōyō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| depicts |
distant mountains
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mountainous landscape ⓘ rocks ⓘ trees ⓘ |
| genre | Zen painting ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Chinese ink painting
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Song dynasty landscape painting NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuan dynasty landscape painting ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Japanese ⓘ |
| medium | ink on paper ⓘ |
| movement | Muromachi period art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
abstraction of landscape forms
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evocation of space with few strokes ⓘ expressive brushwork ⓘ minimalist composition ⓘ |
| period | Muromachi period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Honshū, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOf | Sesshū Tōyō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Zen monastic culture ⓘ |
| schoolOrTradition | Zen ink landscape tradition ⓘ |
| scriptOfTitle | kanji ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | idealized landscape ⓘ |
| technique |
brush-and-ink wash
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splashed ink ⓘ |
| theme |
contemplation of nature
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emptiness (śūnyatā) ⓘ impermanence ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 15th century ⓘ |
| title | Haboku-Sansui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | Splashed Ink Landscape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visualCharacteristic |
dynamic, spontaneous brushstrokes
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strong contrast between dark ink and blank paper ⓘ suggested rather than detailed forms ⓘ |
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