Wong Tai Sin (Huang Chuping) by Sesshu Toyo

🎨 Sesshū Tōyō, a Japanese Zen monk and painter, blended Chinese influences with a distinctively Japanese style in his ink paintings.
🖌️ Sesshū’s work focused on landscapes, portraits, and birds and flowers paintings, infused with Zen Buddhist beliefs, flattened perspective, and emphatic lines.
🏯 Born into the samurai Oda family, Sesshū trained as a Zen monk at Shōkoku-ji temple in Kyoto, later developing his individualistic style under Tenshō Shūbun’s guidance.
🌏 Sesshū’s three-year visit to China during the Ming Dynasty significantly influenced his art, merging Japanese and Chinese styles.
⛩️ In his later years, Sesshū continued his Zen studies while creating spiritual gardens, known as Sesshū’s gardens, before passing away in 1506.
🖼️ Sesshū’s paintings predominantly used black ink, reflecting Zen Buddhist principles of material simplicity and connection to nature.
❄️ Notable works include “Winter Landscape,” “Four Landscape Scrolls of the Seasons,” and “Birds and Flowers,” showcasing his distinctive style and philosophical depth.
📜 Sesshū’s legacy lies in his emphasis on Zen Buddhism, personal interpretation, and economical expression in painting, influencing succeeding Japanese artists.

Available as a fine art print and as a stretched canvas panel (heavy fine art canvas stretched over 1.5 inch deep edge solid wood frame)

 

 

 

All prints are made using archival art stocks and UV pigment inks to give up to 200 years life. Prints are sold unframed and unmounted.