19B. Sesshu and Chinese Painting (Part 2)

In this continuation of my lecture on Sesshu, I discuss his strangely neglected twenty-two-leaf album of ink monochrome landscape paintings. I make the case that it is not only a genuine work by him, but a work that is deeply important in understanding his relationship to Chinese painting, especially that of the Southern Song period. I show his transition from a Chinese-influenced artist to a thoroughly Japanese master.