Viśa Īrasangä ( Khotanese: ; in zh, t=尉遲乙僧, s=尉迟乙僧, first=t, w=Yü4-chʻih2 I3-sêng1, p=Yùchí Yǐsēng; ) was a Khotanese painter during the

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. He was also a Khotanese nobleman, but sometimes he is considered to be a Tocharian originated from the north of

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. His father Viśa Baysūna ( zh, t=尉遲跋質那, p=Yùchí Bázhìnà, labels=no) was well known by his paintings during the

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, he was referred to as "Yuchi the Elder" () by Chinese people. Thereby Īrasangä was known as "Yuchi the Younger" (). His painting skills were often compared with Yan Liben, even the famous painter Wu Daozi was under his influence. Īrasangä was very good at creating Buddhist and foreign exotic portraits. He came to the Chinese court in the mid 7th century. He brought a new painting style of Iranian origin and had profound influence in Chinese

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. He was credited with having helped bring the Western technique of using a line of unvarying thickness to outline figures—the "iron-wire" line—to the Buddhist temples in many Chinese cities.

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File:Persian deity attributed to Viśa Īrasangä.jpg, Painting of a Persian deity on the reverse of a painted panel, probably depicting the legendary hero Rustam. File:Indian deity attributed to Viśa Īrasangä.jpg, Painting of an Indian deity on the obverse of a painted panel, most likely depicting

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( Maheśvara). File:Юйчи Исен Танцовщик Свиток Беренсона Сеттиньяно.jpg, So-called " Kuchean Dancer", traditionally attributed to Viśa Īrasangä. File:Юйчи Исэн Танцовщица. Свиток Беренсона, Сеттиньяно.jpg, So-called "Kuchean Dancer", traditionally attributed to Viśa Īrasangä. File:Vaisravana, Guardian King of the North Traditionally attributed to Yuchi Yiseng (mid-7th–early 8th century) Yuan or Ming dynasty, 14th century, Freer.jpg, Vaiśravaṇa, traditionally attributed to Viśa Īrasangä.

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