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Japanese: 雪窓 - せっそう

A Zen monk and painter active in the first half of the 14th century during the Yuan Dynasty in China. Dates of birth and death unknown. Born in Songjiang (Jiangsu Province). A master of ink painting, he is said to express the force of the wind by painting orchids, and is unique among the ink paintings of Zen monks, whose style is often free-spirited, in that he does not break the rules in his steady depiction of nature and brushstroke arrangement. He is the author of Garan Hitsuhoki. His name and works have been passed down in Japan since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and painter-monks such as Bonpo have appeared who studied Setsudo's style.

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Japanese:

中国，元代の14世紀前半に活躍した禅僧，画家。生没年不詳。松江（江蘇省）の人。墨蘭の名手で，蘭を描いて風の勢いを表すといわれ，着実な自然描写と筆法布置に規矩(きく)を乱さぬ点，自由奔放な画風の多い禅僧の水墨画の中では異色である。著書に《画蘭筆法記》がある。日本でも南北朝以来画名と作品が伝えられ，梵芳(ぼんぽう)など雪窓を学ぶ画僧も現れた。

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