{"product_id":"k0208","title":"Shugetsu Tokan (Painter-monk from the mid- to late Muromachi period)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003eProduct number: K0208\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e Title: Monjusri Eagle Triptych \u003cbr\u003eArtist:\u0026nbsp;Shugetsu Tokan (Painter-monk from the mid- to late Muromachi period)\u003cbr\u003eMedia: Silk, colored, scroll binding\u003cbr\u003eSize: (each) 102 x 41cm \/ (each) shaft mounting 189 x 57cm\u003cbr\u003eRemarks: Ivory Jikusaki\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAkizuki Tōkan was a Zen monk-painter active in the late Muromachi period. Known as one of the few direct disciples of Sesshū Tōyō, he occupies an important place as a “transmitter” who helped establish Sesshū’s style in Satsuma and the wider Kyushu region. Born in Satsuma, Tōkan is said to have originally served the Shimazu clan as a warrior before taking Buddhist vows. He studied painting under Sesshū at Ungai-an in Yamaguchi, and the tradition that he received Sesshū’s self-portrait at the age of seventy-one in 1490 has long been cited as symbolic proof of the formal transmission of the master’s methods. Returning to his homeland in 1492, he became associated with Fukushō-ji in Satsuma. He is also believed to have traveled to Ming China, and his View of West Lake (1496), painted at the Huitongguan in Beijing (Important Cultural Property; Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art), is especially significant as an emblematic work reflecting both his artistic practice and his transregional—indeed international—movements.\u003cbr\u003eTōkan is said to have produced a considerable number of bird-and-flower paintings as well. While grounded in brushwork inherited from Sesshū, he encouraged its regional development, and through the training of disciples contributed to the formation of a Satsuma painting milieu. In this light, Akizuki Tōkan can be valued not merely as “Sesshū’s pupil,” but as a pivotal figure who transplanted a central pictorial language to the periphery and bridged it forward to the next generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e Shipping category: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/uniart.coins.co.jp\/pages\/%E9%85%8D%E9%80%81%E3%81%A8%E9%80%81%E6%96%99#:~:text=%E3%81%9F%E3%81%97%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99%E3%80%82-,%E9%85%8D%E9%80%81%E6%96%99%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A4%E3%81%84%E3%81%A6,-%E6%A2%B1%E5%8C%85%E5%BE%8C%E3%81%AE\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMedium size\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Uni-art Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45697909948651,"sku":"中サイズ","price":800000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0697\/5956\/6059\/files\/K0208-000_71bdda76-d499-4c1a-ad66-181e81d8cbcf.jpg?v=1772599021","url":"https:\/\/uniart.coins.co.jp\/en\/products\/k0208","provider":"Uni-art Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}