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Sesshu Toyo — Haboku-Sansui (Splashed Ink Landscape, 1495)

Haboku-Sansui (破墨山水), 1495, by Sesshu Toyo. Hanging scroll; ink on paper; 148.6 x 32.7 cm. Tokyo National Museum. The supreme Japanese example of the haboku landscape mode, painted as a farewell gift with Sesshu's own inscription.

Scholarly Significance

Anchor Muromachi Zen ink painting with Sesshu's Haboku-Sansui — the supreme example of abbreviated ink landscape.

Notes

  • ·Authenticated by Sesshu's own inscription on the scroll dated 1495.
  • ·Designated a National Treasure of Japan (Kokuho).
  • ·The haboku tradition influenced 16th-century ink painters Soami and Kano Motonobu.