# Sesson Shūkei

ca. 1504–ca. 1589

Sesson was a Zen monk who worked in the provinces of eastern Japan, far from the capital at Kyoto. He admired the ink painter Sesshū and developed a vigorous, highly personal style of monochrome ink painting, marked by windswept landscapes, swirling water and lively figures. His Dragon and Tiger screens show his taste for dramatic movement. He also wrote a short treatise on painting addressed to his pupils.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

3 works in the collection.

- [Dragon and Tiger](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dragon-and-tiger-cma-135592), Sesson Shūkei, c. 1546–56. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Monkeys and trees on a river bank](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/monkeys-and-trees-on-a-river-bank-si-fsg-f1903-218-219), Sesson Shūkei, 1568-1615. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Daoist Master Fei Zhangfang](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/daoist-master-fei-zhangfang-met-853194), Sesson Shūkei, ca. 1555–61. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.