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Sesshū Tōyō

1420 - 1506

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Sesshū Tōyō (雪舟 等楊, c. 1420 – August 26, 1506), also known simply as Sesshū (雪舟), was a Japanese Zen monk and painter who is considered a great master of Japanese ink painting. Initially inspired by Chinese landscapes, Sesshū's work holds a distinctively Japanese style that reflects Zen Buddhist aesthetics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sesshū Tōyō has received more than 226,546 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Sesshū Tōyō is the 484th most popular painter (down from 476th in 2019), the 293rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 291st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Sesshū Tōyō ranks 484 out of 1,421. Before him are Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Qi Baishi, Josefa de Óbidos, Wolf Vostell, and Pierre-Joseph Redouté. After him are Frank Stella, Michael Pacher, Mariotto Albertinelli, Yoshitoshi, Sol LeWitt, and Richard Serra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1420, Sesshū Tōyō ranks 7. Before him are Tomás de Torquemada, Jean Fouquet, Benozzo Gozzoli, Andrea del Castagno, George of Poděbrady, and Mahmud Pasha Angelović. After him are João Vaz Corte-Real, Abdal-Latif Mirza, Agostino Barbarigo, Barthélemy d'Eyck, Nicolas Jenson, and Luciano Laurana. Among people deceased in 1506, Sesshū Tōyō ranks 8. Before him are Philip I of Castile, Andrea Mantegna, Yeonsangun of Joseon, Alexander Jagiellon, Anne of Foix-Candale, and Sultan Husayn Bayqara. After him are Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu, Alexander Agricola, Sancha of Aragon, João I of Kongo, and Robert Henryson.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sesshū Tōyō ranks 293 out of 6,048. Before him are Empress Shōken (1849), Toru Takemitsu (1930), Emperor Monmu (683), Yosano Akiko (1878), Maeda Toshiie (1538), and Saitō Hajime (1844). After him are Saionji Kinmochi (1849), Yoshirō Mori (1937), Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358), Yoshitoshi (1839), Chūya Nakahara (1907), and Takeichi Nishi (1902).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Sesshū Tōyō ranks 6. Before him are Yayoi Kusama (1929), Utamaro (1753), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797), Tsuguharu Foujita (1886), and Suzuki Harunobu (1725). After him are Yoshitoshi (1839), Kunisada (1786), Hishikawa Moronobu (1618), Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), Takashi Murakami (1962), and Ogata Kōrin (1658).

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