Paintings Sesshū Tōyō
view of ama-no-hashidate (c. 1502–1505), kyoto national museum
although numerous works period bear sesshū s signature, name, or seal, few can securely attributed him. many either copies or works artist s pupils; , several painters, including hasegawa tōhaku, used sesshū s name artistic reasons. artists influenced sesshū s approach painting referred belonging school of sesshū (unkoku-rin school).
perhaps important surviving work master so-called long scroll of landscapes (sansui chokan): 50-feet (15 meters) scroll depicting 4 seasons in sequence spring—summer—autumn—winter. usual period , work of sesshū s teacher tenshō shūbun, style , technique heavily influenced song-dynasty chinese paintings, in particular works of xia gui. however, sesshū alters chinese model introducing more pronounced contrast between light , shadow, thicker, heavier lines, , flatter effect of space. there 2 other large landscape scrolls attributed sesshū. smaller 4 seasons scroll (short scroll of landscapes) exhibits qualities similar of sansui chokan, featuring more free technique. view of ama-no-hashidate, painted shortly before artist s death, radical departure chinese tradition: painting presends realistic bird s eye view of particular landscape.
other famous works sesshū include buddhist picture huike offering arm bodhidharma, painted in 1496 , designated national treasure of japan in 2004, , pair of decorative screens depicting flowers , birds.
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