Nearly life-size plants and animals fill the composition, some bursting beyond its borders. This vitality contrasts with a hazy atmosphere that pervades the painting. The overall style is close to that of Sesshū, a Zen monk who studied painting in China and influenced generations of painters in Japan.
- Cultural property designation
- Important Cultural Property
- Quantity
- Artist
- Attributed to Sesshū Tōyō
- Period/Century
- Muromachi period, 15th century
- Country/Origin
- Excavation site
- Material
- Color on paper
- Size
- Inscriptions
- Donor
- Collection reference no.
- A-12335
- Genre
- Painting
- Category
- Paintings, sketches, and prints > Japan > Medieval ink paintings