Haboku, Splashed Ink Landscape

Inscriptions

signed Sesshu hitsu.

Exhibition history

Tea Taste in Japanese Art. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (February 20-April 21, 1963). Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).

Quick Overview

Artist: Sesshū Tōyō (Japanese, 1420–1506)
Date: 1400s–early 1500s
Medium: hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Painting only: 71.9 x 26.7 cm (28 5/16 x 10 1/2 in.); Including mounting: 154.2 x 37.5 cm (60 11/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: Japanese Art
Credit line: Gift of The Norweb Foundation
Accession no.: 1955.43

Provenance

T. Hara, Yokohama, Japan ?–1955: (Howard Hollis and Co., Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1955–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.