Sesson ShukeiJapanese, 1504–1589Bamboo and Plum
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
This painting of a white plum (or prunus) and bamboo was once part of a triptych. A central image of the demon-queller Zhong Kui was flanked by this painting and one of a red plum and bamboo. The paintings would have been suitable to hang after the turn of the new year, when Zhong Kui would drive out evil demons, and the year’s first flowers were in bloom. Sesson hailed from what is now Ibaraki prefecture in northern Honshu. A Zen monk, he spent much of his career in the Kanto region, and developed a distinctive style uninhibited by formal training in the Kano atelier.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- 2015.503
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
![Egrets in Plum [right of the pair Egrets in Plum and Willow], Sesson Shūkei, second half 16th century](https://img.artsmia.org/web_objects_cache/010000/600/00/10603/mia_7021788_800.jpg)
![Egrets in Willow [left of the pair Egrets in Plum and Willow], Sesson Shūkei, second half 16th century](https://img.artsmia.org/web_objects_cache/001000/600/00/1602/mia_7021786_800.jpg)
