Landscape with Pavilion, mid 16th century
Sesson Shūkeiexpand_more
Ink and color on silkexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.2
Not on Viewexpand_more
At lower right, a Chinese gentleman riding a donkey and a young attendant on foot head uphill toward a cluster of luxurious buildings framed by pine and willow trees. A friend awaits them in a lakeside pavilion. Standing at the parapet, he gazes out over an expanse of mist, water, and mountain peaks—all suggested by light ink washes and areas of bare silk—toward a distant shore where a solitary fisherman rows his boat.
Sesson Shūkei was a Zen priest and painter now best known for his eccentric takes on classical Buddhist themes. The meticulous brushwork and conventional corner-weighted composition of this landscape, however, suggests that it was painted early in Sesson’s career when he was a careful student of classical Chinese painting.
Details
- Title
- Landscape with Pavilion
- Artist Life
- 1504 - 1589
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.2
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 109
- Curator Approved
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