page_title: Ink wash painting
section_title: Noted artists
hierarchical_section_title: Ink wash painting / Noted artists
caption_attribution_description: Shukei-sansui (Autumn Landscape), by Sesshu Toyo
context_page_description: Ink wash painting, or sumi-e, is a type of East Asian brush painting that uses black ink – as used in East Asian calligraphy – in different concentrations. Emerging in Tang dynasty China, it, and associated stylistic features, overturned earlier, more realistic techniques. These associated features include a preference for shades of black over variations in colour, and an emphasis on brushwork and the perceived "spirit" or "essence" of a subject over direct imitation. It flourished in the Song dynasty China, as well as in Japan after it was introduced by Zen Buddhist monks in the 14th century.
caption: Autumn Landscape (Shūkei-sansui). Sesshū Tōyō (1420-1506), Japanese
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