Sesshū: The Master Painter Who Brought Chinese Styles to Japan

Amanohashidatezu (Picture of Amanohashidate), a national treasure. (Courtesy Kyoto National Museum)

Shūtō sansuizu (Autumn and Winter Landscapes), a national treasure. Autumn is on the right and winter on the left. (Courtesy Tokyo National Museum)

Spring (right) and summer (left) from Shiki sansuizu (Landscapes of Four Seasons). (Courtesy Tokyo National Museum)

Autumn (right) and winter (left) from Shiki sansuizu (Landscapes of Four Seasons). (Courtesy Tokyo National Museum)

Tōdo shōkei zukan (Picture Scroll of Chinese Scenes). (Courtesy Kyoto National Museum)

Haboku sansuizu (Broken Ink Landscape), a national treasure. (Courtesy Tokyo National Museum)

Copies by Kanō Tsunenobu of paintings by Sesshū. Names of the Chinese artists he was imitating appear in the bottom right of each, from left to right: Xia Gui, Liang Kai, and Yu Jian. (Courtesy Tokyo National Museum)

Detail from Sansui chōkan (Long Landscape Scroll), a national treasure. (Courtesy Mohri Museum)

Baika jurōzu (Picture of Plum Blossoms and Jurōjin), at left (Courtesy Tokyo National Museum), and Masuda Kanetakazō (Portrait of Masuda Kanetaka) (Courtesy Sesshū Memorial Museum).