painting; hanging scroll BM-1913-0501-0.97

Period:Unknown Production date:15thC
Materials:paper
Technique:painted
Subjects:landscape
Dimensions:Height: 63.50 centimetres Width: 31.70 centimetres

Description:
Painting, hanging scroll. Chinese landscape with rocky mountains; houses on bank; boat on river. Broken ink (hatsuboku) technique. Ink on paper. Sealed.
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Comments:Hizo Nihon bijutsu taikan Vol 3This picture manages to render mountains, trees, rocks, and the like with economy and artistic faithfulness by eschewing outlines and instead relying chiefly on areas of ink wash, a landscape technique known in Japanese as ‘hatsuboku’ (splashed ink, 溌墨) or ‘haboku’ (broken ink, 破墨) . Both the brush-work and the composition strongly resemble the ‘Haboku sansui zu’ with a square seal reading “Sesso” in the collection of the Masaki Art Gallery. The name Sesso Toyo is believed to have been used by the celebrated Sesshu Toyo during the first half of his life, so that it seems certain that we have here another, invaluable example of that master’s work.