Artist
Sesson Shūkei
(雪村周継; ca. 1504–ca. 1589)
Catalogue information
Muromachi period
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
30.3 x 46.8 cm (11 7/8 x 18 3/8 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
Ex Coll.: Kumita Shōhei, Tokyo
Literature
Etō Shun 1969a, pp. 69–70
; 1969a
“Sansui zu: Sesson hitsu” (“Landscape,” by Sesson). Kobijutsu, no. 25 (March): 67–70.
Nakamura Tanio 1971, fig. 1
; 1971
Sesson to Kantō suibokuga (Sesson and ink painting of the Kantō region). Nihon no bijutsu (Arts of Japan), 63. Tokyo: Shibundō.
Tanaka Ichimatsu and Nakamura Tanio 1973, pl. 102
; 1973
Sesshū, Sesson. Suiboku bijutsu taikei (Art of ink painting), 7. Tokyo: Kōdansha.
Murase 1975, no. 42
; 1975
Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Kameda Tsutomu 1980, pl. 10
; 1980
Sesson. Nihon bijutsu kaiga zenshū (Survey of Japanese painting), 8. Tokyo: Shūeisha.
Etō Shun 1982, pl. 13
; 1982
[Editor]. Sesson Shūkei zen gashū (The complete works of Sesson Shūkei). Tokyo: Kōdansha.
Tokyo National Museum 1985a, no. 24
; 1985a
Nihon bijutsu meihin ten: New York Burke Collection / A Selection of Japanese Art from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. Tokyo: Chunichi Shimbun.
Avitabile 1990, no. 46
; 1990
[Editor]. Die Kunst des alten Japan: Meisterwerke aus der Mary and Jackson Burke Collection, New York. Exh. cat. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.
Nakajima Junji 1994, fig. 111
; 1994
Suibokuga: Shōkei to Sesson (Ink painting: Shōkei and Sesson). Nihon no bijutsu (Arts of Japan), 337. Tokyo: Shibundō.
Murase 2000, no. 68
; 2000
Bridge of Dreams: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Yamashita Yūji and Asano Shūgō 2002, no. 59, p. 114
; 2002
Sesson ten: Sengoku jidai no sūpā ekisentorriku (Sesson exhibition: Super eccentric of the Warring States period). Exh. cat., Chiba City Museum of Art. Tokyo: Asano Kenkyūjo.
Tsuji Nobuo et al. 2005, no. 45.
2005
Nyūyōku Bāku korekushon-ten: Nihon no bi sanzennen no kagayaki / Enduring Legacy of Japanese Art: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu; Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; and Miho Museum, Shigaraki, Shiga Prefecture. [Tokyo]: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha.
See also
- Japanese paintings » Ink Painting of the Muromachi and Momoyama Periods
- Hanging scrolls
- Works of the Muromachi period
- Works by Sesson Shūkei
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 110 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.
Additional details
Signature
Painted by Kei Sesson
Seal
Shūkei