Seal Saint - Insei

…He excelled in calligraphy and landscape painting, but his greatest talent was seal carving. He studied ancient seals from the Qin and Han dynasties, which is said to have revolutionized the study of seals in Japan, and he is known to the world as the Seal Saint. He was also well versed in the appraisal of calligraphy and paintings. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…書は篆隷をよくし，山水画に長じたが，篆刻を最も得意とした。秦漢の古篆を研究し，それによって日本の篆刻印学が一変したとされ，世に印聖と称せられる。書画の鑑識にも精通していた。…

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