Egrets in Willow left of the pair Egrets in Plum and Willow, second half 16th century, Sesson Shūkei, Japanese, 1504 - 1589, 69 1/4 x 24 in. ( x cm) (each fold), Ink on paper, Japan, suiboku-ga, Born in remote eastern Japan, far from the cultural center of Kyoto, Sesson Shūkei taught himself to paint by studying the brush styles of earlier Chinese and Japanese masters, whose works were held in many old collections in the region. These screens reveal his keen interest in the Chinese Zen painter-monk Muqi (c. 1210–after 1269). Of the dozens of extant paintings by Sesson, a Zen priest

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