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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 240,450 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Sesshū Tōyō is the 504th most popular painter (down from 483rd in 2019), the 332nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 291st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Painter.

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  • 240k

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  • 59.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Sesshū Tōyō ranks 504 out of 2,023. Before him are Hubert Robert, Wilhelm Busch, Heinz Linge, Cima da Conegliano, Giulio Clovio, and Anna Boch. After him are Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Johan Jongkind, Vasily Surikov, Hans Makart, Clara Peeters, and Giovanni Lanfranco.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sesshū Tōyō ranks 332 out of 6,245. Before him are Tatsuya Nakadai (1932), Emperor Uda (867), Shoichi Nishimura (1912), Emperor Ankan (466), Kawakami Gensai (1834), and Seishirō Itagaki (1885). After him are Tokugawa Ieharu (1737), Emperor Go-Hanazono (1419), Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), Saburō Sakai (1916), Kenji Doihara (1883), and Saionji Kinmochi (1849).

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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), Suzuki Harunobu (1725), and Tsuguharu Foujita (1886). After him are Hishikawa Moronobu (1618), Yoshitoshi (1839), Kunisada (1786), Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), Ogata Kōrin (1658), and Takashi Murakami (1962).

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