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Hasegawa school

Hasegawa school

Japanese painting style, mid-16th to early 18th century


The Hasegawa school (長谷川派, -ha) was a school (style) of Japanese painting founded in the 16th century by Hasegawa Tōhaku and disappeared around the beginning of the 18th century.

Left panel of the Pine Trees screen (Shōrin-zu byōbu, 松林図 屏風) by Hasegawa Tōhaku; Tokyo National Museum.
"Screen depicting Musashino Plains". Uncited, probably Hasegawa Togaku or Hasegawa Tohaku together with Hasegawa Kyuzo. Early Edo period (16-17th century)

The school painted mostly fusuma (sliding doors), was based largely on the style of the Kanō school, and was centered in Kyoto. 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.[citation needed]

Notable Hasegawa school artists

  • Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539–1610)
  • Hasegawa Kyūzō (1568–1593)
  • Hasegawa Togaku (?-1623)
  • Hasegawa Sōtaku (fl. c. 1650)
  • Hasegawa Sakon (fl. c. 1650)
  • Hasegawa Sōya (d. 1667)
  • Hasegawa Yōshin (d. 1726)

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