Hasegawa Tōhaku (nonfiction)

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Hasegawa Tōhaku (長谷川 等伯?, 1539 – March 19, 1610) was a Japanese painter and founder of the Hasegawa school (nonfiction) of Japanese painting during the Azuchi-Momoyama period.

Biography

He was a student of Kanō Eitoku, and is said to have considered himself the stylistic successor to Sesshū.

He painted largely in monochrome ink, in largely Chinese-inspired styles, and is particularly famous for his depictions of monkeys.

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