The Hasegawa school (長谷川派, ''-ha'') was a

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(style) of

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founded in the 16th century by Hasegawa Tōhaku and disappeared around the beginning of the 18th century. The school painted mostly ''

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, and was centered in

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. A relatively small school, the majority of its painters were students of Tōhaku and of various Kanō masters. Tōhaku himself 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.{{cn, date=January 2012

Hasegawa artists of note

* Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539–1610) *

Hasegawa Kyūzō Hasegawa Kyūzō (, 1568Eiroku 11. – July 13, 1593Date given in the Gregorian calendar. Using the Xuanming calendar and the Japanese era name, era name, Kyūzō died on the 15th day of the 6th month, Bunroku 6.) was the son of Hasegawa Tōhaku, ...

(1568–1593) * Hasegawa Sōtaku (fl. c. 1650) * Hasegawa Sakon (fl. c. 1650) * Hasegawa Sōya (d. 1667) * Hasegawa Yōshin (d. 1726)

References

* Frederic, Louis (2002). ''

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''. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. Schools of Japanese art