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Musō Soseki
Musō Soseki is a Song dynasty landscape artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Musō Soseki was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk of the Rinzai school who lived from 1275 to 1351, spanning the late Kamakura and early Muromachi periods. Beyond his religious leadership, he was an influential calligrapher, poet, and garden designer. He is credited with designing celebrated temple gardens, including the moss garden of Saihō-ji and the garden of Tenryū-ji in Kyoto, which helped establish the Zen aesthetic in Japanese landscape design.
A prominent figure at court and adviser to the Ashikaga shoguns, he received the honorific title Kokushi, or National Teacher, on several occasions. His ink calligraphy and verse remain highly regarded.
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