Lecture: The Unfathomable Art of Sesson (Prof. Yukio Lippit)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voIECq_k1xE   Even after a century of prolific scholarship, the life and work of the monk-painter Sesson Shūkei (ca.1492-1577) remain enigmatic. This January 12, 2021, lecture by Professor Yukio Lippit, Jeffrey T. Chambers and Andrea Okamura Professor of the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University, addresses questions of artistic geography and pictorial meaning through a study of one of his most famous works,…

Welcome to the Year of the Ox

In 2021, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to JASA! Image shown: Ivory ox, inlaid eyes of amber; Kaigyokusai Masatsugu (1813–1882); Ex Buquet Collection