Sesshū: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
J.C. Covell, Under the Seal of Sesshū (1941), the only detailed and scholarly study of Sesshū in English; E. Grilli, Sesshū (1957), a brief English survey of the life and art of Sesshū that is well illustrated.
Major Works
There are only a few authenticated works by Sesshū, the most important of which are: “Four Seasons Landscape,” four landscape scrolls (c. 1470–90; Tokyo National Museum); “Autumn Landscape,” hanging scroll (c. 1470–90; Tokyo National Museum); “Winter Landscape,” hanging scroll (c. 1470–90; Tokyo National Museum); “Short Scroll Landscape” (c. 1474–90; Asano Collection, Odawara, Japan); “Portrait of Masuda Kanetaka” (1479; Masuda Collection, Tokyo); “Long Scroll Landscape,” or “Sansui Chōkan” (c. 1486; Mōri Collection, Yamaguchi, Japan); “Haboku-Sansui,” scroll (1495; Tokyo National Museum); “Daruma and Hui K’o,” scroll (1496; Sainen-ji, Aichi, Japan); “Ama-no-Hashidate,” scroll (c. 1502–05; Kyoto National Museum); “Flowers and Birds,” pair of six-fold screens (undated; Kosaka Collection, Tokyo).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 01, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 22, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Artison Museum - Biography of Sesshu. | Jun 13, 2021 | ||
| Converted Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese terms to Pinyin romanization. | Apr 10, 2018 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Samurai Archives - SamuraiWiki - Biography of Sesshu. | Mar 17, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Sesshu. | Feb 01, 2011 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 27, 1999 |