"Amanohashidate" - Amanohashidatezu

...In his later years, he was recorded to have a style of painting in the cursive style, such as broken ink and sumi ink, and in addition to realistic landscape composition, he also achieved a uniquely Japanese style of brush and ink in the traditional Chinese style, which is well traced back to Song and Yuan painting. Around 1501 (Bunki 1), he still continued to travel, and showed astonishing vitality by visiting the area and painting Amanohashidate (Kyoto National Museum), but he died in Yamaguchi or Iwami around 1506 (Eisho 3) (some say 1502 (Bunki 2)). His pupils included Unpo Toetsu, Akizuki Tokan, and Josui Soen, and a copy of a self-portrait that Sesshu painted for Akizuki in 1490 (Entoku 2) remains (Fujita Museum of Art). ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…晩年には破墨，潑墨などの草体の画風も多く記録され，現実的な山水構成とともに，真行草の筆墨法についても，宋元画をよく祖述した独特の日本的典型に達したものと見られる。　1501年(文亀1)ころにもまだ旅をやめず，現地へおもむき《天橋立図》(京都国立博物館)を描くなど驚くべき生命力を発揮したが，06年(永正3)ころ，山口または石見地方で没した(1502年(文亀2)とする説もある)。弟子には雲峰等悦，秋月等観，如水宗淵らがあり，1490年(延徳2)雪舟が秋月に描き与えた自画像の模本(藤田美術館)が残る。…

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