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The brushwork in this relatively early work reveals the artist’s knowledge of paintings by the earlier master Sesshū (1420 –1506?), yet the mountainous rocks and pavilions already show Sesson’s unique distortive touch. Sesson once wrote, “Though I have spent many years studying Sesshū, look at the difference in our painting styles.”
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ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
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July 20, 2026