Josetsu
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Born | Kyushu |
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Died | Kyoto |
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Japan | |
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ID | 1356819 |
Josetsu Life story
Josetsu was one of the first suiboku style Zen Japanese painters in the Muromachi Period. He was probably also a teacher of Tenshō Shūbun at the Shōkoku-ji monastery in Kyoto. A Chinese immigrant, he was naturalised in 1370 and is known as "the father of Japanese ink painting".