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Haboku sansui
(
Broken Ink Landscape
) is a
splashed-ink
landscape painting on a
hanging scroll
, made by the Japanese artist and
Zen Buddhist
monk
Sesshū Tōyō
in 1495, during the
Muromachi period
. It was presented by Sesshū to his pupil Josui Sōen, who wanted a physical demonstration that he had studied under Sesshū. Sōen travelled with the scroll to his home in
Kamakura
, stopping in
Kyoto
, where six Zen monks added poems to it. The work is designated a
National Treasure
of Japan, and is held by the
Tokyo National Museum
.
Painting credit:
Sesshū Tōyō
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