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Sesshū Tōyō

?–1506

WA-00018274

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Sesshū Tōyō , also known simply as Sesshū , was a Japanese Zen monk and painter who is considered a great master of Japanese ink painting. Initially inspired by Chinese landscapes, Sesshū's work holds a distinctively Japanese style that reflects Zen Buddhist aesthetics. His prominent work captured images of landscapes, portraits, birds and flowers paintings, infused with Zen Buddhist beliefs, flattened perspective, and emphatic lines.

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Artworks (4)

Birds and Flowers in a Landscape of the Four Seasons

1550 · Six-panel folding screen, ink and color on paper

Image: 158.5 x 359.4 cm (62 3/8 x 141 1/2 in.); Panel: 62.8 cm (24 3/4 in.); Including mounting: 174.6 x 281 cm (68 3/4 x 110 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Birds and Flowers

1473 · Hanging scroll from a triptych; ink and color on silk

Image: 55.9 x 53.4 cm (22 x 21 in.); Overall: 117 x 58 cm (46 1/16 x 22 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Returning Sails off a Distant Shore, from Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang

1467 · Hanging scroll from a set of eight; ink and color on silk

Painting: 143.6 x 72.7 cm (56 9/16 x 28 5/8 in.); Mounted: 251.1 x 90.3 cm (98 7/8 x 35 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Sunset Glow over a Fishing Village, from Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang

1467 · Hanging scroll from a set of eight; ink and color on silk

Painting: 143.7 x 72.5 cm (56 9/16 x 28 9/16 in.); Mounted: 250.8 x 90.1 cm (98 3/4 x 35 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Birds and Flowers
1473 · Cleveland · 4 prov
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Birds and Flowers in a Landscape of the Four Seasons
1550 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Returning Sails off a Distant Shore, from Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang
1467 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Sunset Glow over a Fishing Village, from Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang
1467 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Landscape of the Four Seasons (date unknown, possibly 17th century)

Art Institute of Chicago

Birds and Flowers (mid-1400s-early 1500s)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Birds and Flowers in a Landscape of the Four Seasons (second half of the 1500s)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Birds and Flowers in a Landscape of the Four Seasons (1550–99)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Returning Sails off a Distant Shore, from Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang (1460s to 1550s)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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