Yukimura - Sesson

A Zen monk and painter-monk from the late Muromachi period. Born in 1112 in Ota, Hitachi Province (Ibaraki Prefecture) as a member of the Satake clan. His year of death is unknown, but the Eight Views of Xiaoxiang Screen, with an inscription written when he was 86, is known, giving us an idea of ​​the approximate years during which he was active. His given name was Shukei. He also went by the names Kakusen, Kakusen Rojin, and Funakyosai. He is thought to have trained as a Zen monk, but the details are unknown, and it is also unclear from whom he learned painting directly. His personal admiration for Sesshu is mentioned in his "Setsumondei-zui" (Setsu Mendei-zui), a book in which he himself published his theory on painting in 1542 (Tenbun 11), but it is believed that he also studied Song and Yuan paintings more broadly, especially those of Mokkei and Gyokukan, and created his own style. Currently, two "Eight Views of Xiaoxiang" scrolls (Masaki Museum of Art, Osaka and private collection) are known, which imitate these two Chinese painters. He traveled to Odawara, Kamakura, Aizu-Wakamatsu, and other places, spending his life in the Kanto and Tohoku regions. In his final years, he became acquainted with Ashina Moriuji of Aizu, and retired to Miharu, near Aizu, where he established a hermitage. The site of this hermitage still exists today. Although he was a local artist, he produced many powerful works with excellent dynamic expression that are appropriate for the turbulent Sengoku period. His representative works include "Wind Waves" (Nomura Museum of Art, Kyoto), "Pine and Hawk" (Tokyo National Museum), "Flower and Bird Screen" (Yamato Bunkakan, Nara), and "Lü Dongbin" (same as above).

[Satoru Sakakibara]

"Complete Collection of Japanese Art Paintings 8: Sesson" by Tsutomu Kameda (1982, Shueisha)

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室町末期の禅僧、画僧。永正(えいしょう)元年常陸(ひたち)国（茨城県）太田に佐竹氏の一門として生まれる。没年は不明だが、86歳筆の款記(かんき)を伴う『瀟湘八景図屏風(しょうしょうはっけいずびょうぶ)』が知られ、およその活躍年代がわかる。諱(いみな)は周継(しゅうけい)。鶴船(かくせん)、鶴船老人、舟居斎などと号した。禅僧として修行したと思われるが、その詳細は不明で、また画(え)をだれに直接学んだのかも明らかでない。雪舟に私淑したことは、1542年（天文11）雪村自らがその画論を披瀝(ひれき)した『説門弟資』に述べられているが、さらに広く宋元(そうげん)画、ことに牧谿(もっけい)や玉澗(ぎょくかん)などを学び、独自の様式を創造したと推定される。現在これら両名の中国画人に倣った二つの『瀟湘八景図巻』（大阪・正木(まさき)美術館と個人蔵）が知られている。小田原(おだわら)、鎌倉、会津若松などを遍歴、生涯を関東、東北地方に置き、最晩年は会津の芦名盛氏(あしなもりうじ)の知遇を得、会津に近い三春(みはる)に雪村庵(あん)を結び隠棲(いんせい)した。この庵址(あんし)が現存している。地方画人とはいえ、戦国動乱期にいかにもふさわしい、動的表現に優れた力作が多い。代表作に『風濤(ふうとう)図』（京都・野村美術館）、『松鷹(まつたか)図』（東京国立博物館）、『花鳥図屏風』（奈良・大和(やまと)文華館）、『呂洞賓(りょどうひん)図』（同上）などがある。

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『亀田孜著『日本美術絵画全集8　雪村』（1982・集英社）』

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