"Eka Danpizu"

…It is a monumental work along with Autumn and Winter Landscape (Tokyo National Museum) in that it established a Japanese style of ink-wash landscape painting that went beyond the imitation of Song and Yuan painting. From then on, he was guaranteed freedom from worldly affairs and a life of painting, and he refined his free-flowing painting style, and his later masterpieces include Broken Ink Landscape (Tokyo National Museum) which he gave to his disciple Soen in 1595 (Meiō 4), and Eka Cutting Arm (Sainenji Temple) in 1596. Many of his later years were recorded as using cursive styles such as broken ink and splash ink, and it is believed that he achieved a uniquely Japanese style of brushwork and ink-washing that was closely related to Song and Yuan painting, along with realistic landscape composition, and that he also achieved a uniquely Japanese style that was closely related to Song and Yuan painting, in terms of the traditional brushwork and ink-washing technique. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Eke Cuts Off His Arm" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…宋元画の亜流にとどまらない日本的な水墨山水を確立した点では，《秋冬山水図》(東京国立博物館)とともに記念碑的大作である。以後，世事に拘泥しない自由と，画三昧の生活を保障され，自在な画法を深めたが，95年(明応4)弟子宗淵に与えた《破墨山水図》(東京国立博物館)，96年の《恵可断臂図》(斎年寺)等は晩年の傑作といえる。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。…

※「《恵可断臂図》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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