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was a Japanese painter and 
Unlike many of his contemporaries, Sōami's paintings were in the style of China's Southern School; some of his greatest pieces covered over twenty panels, and depicted Japanese landscapes using Chinese methods. His work was among the first '' nanga'' or Southern School work in
Landscape of the Four Seasons (Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers)
(at Archive.org).
landscape
A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes the ...
artist.
Sōami was the grandson and son of the painters and art connoisseurs Nōami
was a dōbōshū (artist and art connoisseur for the shogunate) in the service of the Ashikaga shogunate, an esteemed suiboku (monochrome ink) painter, renga (linked verse) poet and tate-bana flower artist. He was especially closely involved wi ...
and Geiami
was a Japanese painter and artist in the Muromachi period in the service of the Ashikaga shōguns. Born into a family of renowned artists and curators (Ami family), he succeeded his father Shinno ( Nōami) as the curator of the Ashikaga art coll ...
, respectively. He was in the service of the Ashikaga shogunate
The , also known as the , was the feudal military government of Japan during the Muromachi period from 1336 to 1573.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Muromachi-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 669.
The Ashikaga shogunate was establi ...
who is claimed to have designed the rock garden of the Ginkaku-ji __NOTOC__
, officially named , is a Zen temple in the Sakyo ward of Kyoto, Japan. It is one of the constructions that represents the Higashiyama Culture of the Muromachi period.
History
Ashikaga Yoshimasa initiated plans for creating a reti ...
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Unlike many of his contemporaries, Sōami's paintings were in the style of China's Southern School; some of his greatest pieces covered over twenty panels, and depicted Japanese landscapes using Chinese methods. His work was among the first '' nanga'' or Southern School work in Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...
. Sōami is most known for hiLandscape of the Four Seasons (Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers)
(at Archive.org).
See also
* Ryōan-ji: Zen temple whose rock garden may have been designed by Soami * Seika: style of flower arrangement supported by Soami * Daisen-in: Zen temple noted in part for screen paintings attributed to SoamiReferences
* Etō, Shun, ''Sōami•Shōkei'' (from the series ''Nihon bijutsu kaiga zenshū''), Shūeisha, Tokyo, 1979. 1525 deaths Japanese painters Landscape artists Year of birth unknown {{Japan-painter-stub