Hasegawa Tōhaku (nonfiction)

Left panel of the Pine Trees screen (Shōrin-zu byōbu 松林図 屏風), c.1595m, six-fold screen, ink on paper, National Treasure.

Hasegawa Tōhaku (長谷川 等伯?, 1539 – March 19, 1610) was a Japanese painter and founder of the Hasegawa school 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.

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Art (nonfiction)

External links:

• Hasegawa Tōhaku @ Wikipedia