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BOKUSHO SHUSHO. Splashed-Ink Landscape

Splashed-Ink Landscape. Artist: Bokusho Shusho (Japanese, active late 15th-early 16th century). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 31 1/2 × 13 3/8 in. (80 × 33.9 cm)
Overall with mounting: 59 13/16 × 14 3/16 in. (152 × 36 cm)
Overall with knobs: 59 13/16 × 16 1/16 in. (152 × 40.8 cm). Date: early 16th century.
This evocative painting by Bokusho is a variation on a celebrated landscape in the haboku (splashed-ink) technique by the great master Sesshu Toyo (1420-1506), which is now in the Tokyo National Museum. The technique, in which dark ink is applied rapidly over still-wet, light washes to create a soft, diffused effect, with neither well-defined contour lines nor explicit details, evokes an intuitive and contemplative mindset associated with Zen Buddhist spiritual practice. The artist Bokusho, a high-ranking Rinzai Zen monk, also achieved renown in literary circles in Kyoto and later moved to western Honshu, where he befriended the famed ink painter Sesshu.
The abbreviated, mist-laden scene is also reminiscent of the work of the thirteenth-century Chinese artist Yujian, whose ink landscape paintings were much admired in Japan.

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Author: BOKUSHO SHUSHO (active late 15th-early 16th century)

Title: Splashed-Ink Landscape

Caption: Splashed-Ink Landscape. Artist: Bokusho Shusho (Japanese, active late 15th-early 16th century). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 31 1/2 × 13 3/8 in. (80 × 33.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 59 13/16 × 14 3/16 in. (152 × 36 cm) Overall with knobs: 59 13/16 × 16 1/16 in. (152 × 40.8 cm). Date: early 16th century. This evocative painting by Bokusho is a variation on a celebrated landscape in the haboku (splashed-ink) technique by the great master Sesshu Toyo (1420-1506), which is now in the Tokyo National Museum. The technique, in which dark ink is applied rapidly over still-wet, light washes to create a soft, diffused effect, with neither well-defined contour lines nor explicit details, evokes an intuitive and contemplative mindset associated with Zen Buddhist spiritual practice. The artist Bokusho, a high-ranking Rinzai Zen monk, also achieved renown in literary circles in Kyoto and later moved to western Honshu, where he befriended the famed ink painter Sesshu. The abbreviated, mist-laden scene is also reminiscent of the work of the thirteenth-century Chinese artist Yujian, whose ink landscape paintings were much admired in Japan.

Technique/material: Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Period: Muromachi period (1392-1573)

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

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Image size: 3148 × 4200 px | 37.8 MB

Print size: 26.7 × 35.6 cm | 1239.4 × 1653.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ASIA • ASIAN ART • BOKUSHO SHUSHO • HANGING SCROLL; INK ON PAPER • HANGING SCROLLS • INK • JAPAN • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • MUROMACHI PERIOD (1392-1573) • PAINTINGS • PAPER • SCROLL PAINTINGS • SCROLLS