The status of this Xuezhou and Yang in Japan is definitely not just a painting saint. If he had to give him a modern title, he could definitely be called a national treasure of Japan or a pride of Japan!

You should know that he was the only Japanese among the top ten cultural celebrities in the world at the Vienna World Peace Conference in 1956.

Such a person, what do you think will his status in the Japanese?

This Xuezhou and Yang was a famous Zen monk painter in the late Muromachi period in Japan and a master of the Japanese Tang style. His real name was Oda and Yang. After he became a monk, Xuezhou became the Buddhist name hosted by Xuezhou Temple. He loved painting since he was a child. He converted to Buddha and became a monk at the age of twelve.

Unexpectedly, after becoming a monk, he became famous because he liked painting since childhood. After becoming a monk, he had plenty of time to study painting, and finally became a big shot in painting.

When he first became a monk, he did not become a monk at Xuezhou Temple, but at Xiangguo Temple. Here he had the opportunity to learn from many Buddhist Japanese paintings and became familiar with the popular painting techniques in Japan at that time.

At that time, Japanese paintings were mainly imitating Chinese paintings from the Song and Yuan dynasties. This painting technique made Xue Zhou and other Yang very obsessed.

Later, in the third year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty, in 1467, the 47-year-old Xuezhou finally waited for an opportunity to study abroad and studied. He followed the 13th Japanese delegation to the Ming Dynasty, boarded a tribute boat with the Tian and Qingqi as the official envoys, and arrived in Ningbo in May and June.

This time, Xuezhou lived in Tiantong Temple in Ningbo, which was also the destination he wanted to visit and stay in the day and night. Ningbo's Maritime Bureau also specially sent Ningbo literati Xu Lian, who was proficient in Japanese, to serve as Xuezhou's guide and translator.

Therefore, this Jingtian Tong Shande Temple, hidden in the twenty-mile pine forest, has added an overseas student with outstanding Confucianism, Buddhism and painting skills.

In modern times, because of the influence of this Japanese painter in the Japanese folk and international situation, the snow boat and other Yang were even listed in the Tiantong Famous Monks.

Xuezhou and Yang were eager to search for the landscape in Ningbo, eastern Zhejiang, and met the famous scholar Gao Shi. He especially loved the works of the Southern Song landscape painters Ma Yuan and Xia Gui.

At that time, Feng Fang, a calligrapher and painter in Ningbo City, and Jin Xi, who retired to Nanhu, were his close friends. Therefore, the sails of Ding Customs, the city towers of Sanjiangkou, the fishing boats of Dongqian Lake, the waterfalls of Xuedou Mountain, and the three towers of Yuwang Mountain were included in his writings.

In the middle of winter of this year, Xuezhou and Yang, accompanied by Xu Lian, entered Beijing from the Zhejiang Canal. Along the way, the peaks of Siming Mountain were towering, the Yangtze River was vast, and the Tai Prison was dominant and the prosperous capital city made Xuezhou seem intoxicated.

After arriving in Beijing, he splashed ink and brushed in the courtyard of the Minister of Rites and readily painted. Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty praised him for the reception of the Golden Palace. He also gave him the title of "The First Child in Heaven", which was a supreme honor for this Japanese student back then.

Xuezhou discussed the "purpose of color setting" and "the method of splashing ink" with famous painters Zhang Yousheng and Li Zai in the Imperial Painting Garden in the capital. It was this experience of the discussion that gave him great breakthroughs and progress in ink-breaking landscape painting.

During his time in Ningbo, Xuezhou met and dated literati, copied paintings, and then went north to enjoy the magnificent mountains and rivers of China. After arriving in the capital, he first learned Xia Gui's courtyard painting and learned the techniques of coloring, ink splashing, and smudged Chinese ink painting from the then Chinese court painters Li Zai and Zhang Yousheng.

In addition, he also studied the abstract landscapes of the Zhejiang School, Wu School, and the courtyard style at that time, as well as the painting techniques of orthodox landscapes of the Song and Yuan dynasties, absorbed the essence and integrated them. These had a profound and huge impact on the improvement of his late landscape painting skills.

This is one of the main reasons for his dramatic changes in his painting style after returning to China. In China, more than two years, it was a watershed in the change of Yang's painting style such as Xuezhou.

After Xue Zhou and Yang returned to China, he conducted creative research and development on this basis. His later landscape paintings gathered the achievements of each school, with the elegant and beautiful style of the courtyard style. The freshness and elegance of the literati, the elegance and conciseness of the Zen forest, and the novel and abstract. In addition, the unique style of destruction and establishment by Japanese samurai, his painting style can be said to be varied and created a very Japanese-style ink landscape.

It was also from him that he created the style of ink-breaking landscape painting that later influenced Japanese painting.

Of course, Jin Muchen has the responsibility to take such an important work by a Japanese historical celebrity.

In terms of artistic conception, this painting is actually quite unique to Chinese ink-splashing and light ink landscape paintings. Jin Muchen has never seen such a style before.

With this international reputation as Xuezhou and Yang, even if he doesn't want this painting in the future, he will not worry about being able to sell it at a high price if he takes it to Europe for operation.

The most important thing is that this painting "Autumn and Winter Landscape Pictures. Winter Scenery" is a masterpiece by Yang, who collected the strengths of various Chinese ink paintings in his later years.

You should know that when he returned from China, he was almost fifty years old. Although he created a Japanese style, he did not produce many works in the end.

There are very few that can be passed down to this day. In addition, this painting was kept by the Emperor family before. If it was sold, its value could be imagined. Jin Muchen felt that with the status of Naxuecun and other Yang in the history of Japanese painting and world art, it should not be difficult for this painting to be sold at the same price as Picasso's work.

A great harvest! After collecting this work, Jin Muchen felt so beautiful.

As we continued to move forward, there were basically not many works of Xuezhou-style, but another heavy painting of Japanese national treasures caught Jin Muchen's eyes.

When the scene of "The Legend of Prince Shengde" appeared in front of Jin Muchen, it really shocked him!

Damn it, there are 60 pages of pictures, using architecture and landscape to cut the pictures. Such a large-scale painting from the 11th century is notoriously said to be in Japan. Even if it is taken to China, it must be regarded as a national treasure among national treasures!

As Jin Muchen knows, the longest large painting in ancient Chinese paintings may be the famous "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". However, if he now compares the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" to the front of this "Biography of Prince Shengde", even if he is concerned about Chinese culture, he can only sigh that he is not as good as he does.

Indeed, this painting is really shocking. Not to mention anything else, just talking about his length is really shocking, with a total of sixty pictures.

In the 11th century, I'm afraid that there would be no such a long masterpiece in the world except Japan.

This is the first time that Jin Muchen has a hint of respect for Japanese art and culture.

Then, when I looked at this painting carefully, this painting actually introduced the life of Prince Shengde. From the beginning of his birth to his death, he experienced various scenes. Then there are some written records on each painting, which explains what happened in the picture, and the recorded words are still in Chinese.

If this painting is just about painting skills, it can only be rated as average, and the content is just equivalent to the enlarged version of the Little Man's Book. However, if you talk about the characters in this painting, the stories of his life, and the length of this painting, then this painting can definitely be rated as a national treasure among Japanese national treasures.

Prince Shengtoku can be said to be one of the most famous politicians in Japanese history. Even Emperor Meiji who later promoted the reform had to bow his head in front of him. Who told Emperor Meiji to be his Xuan Xuan... Sun?

Prince Shengto was born in 574 and was the second prince of Emperor Ming, and his mother was the queen of Aohobuma.

The experience of this Prince Satoshi was also quite strange. Although he did not ascend to the throne of the emperor of Japan, he held the supreme power of Japan for 30 years.

During the 30 years he was in power, in order to adapt to the new situation at home and abroad, he implemented a series of eye-catching reforms, so he was honored by the Japanese in later generations as the emperor, saint king and great man of Japan.

Even to this day, he is still a great saint in the minds of the Japanese people. His avatar is printed on 5 dry yen and 10,000 yen banknotes, and absolutely no Japanese doesn't know him.

Like many "great men" in history, there are many strange legends about the birth of Prince Shengde. It is said that his mother got pregnant because a golden monk jumped into his mouth... No wonder the Japanese are so open now, and they can get pregnant by swallowing sperm in their early years...

Then one day after she was pregnant, she suddenly gave birth while walking next to the stable and gave birth to Prince Shengto, so Prince Shengto was named Prince Suito.

Interestingly, the legend of Prince Shengde being born in the stable is very similar to the legend of the Western legend of Jesus being born in the stable. However, Prince Shengde is much better than Jesus because it is said that when he was born, his whole body emits fragrance and shines in the yard... It seems that the ability of the Japanese to brag is no different from that of the people of the Celestial Empire...

It is said that he was a child prodigy since he was a child. He just turned 1 year old and faced the east, chanting "Namo Amitabha" with his hands together. He read hundreds of scriptures at the age of 7... He was simply a genius...

There is also a saying about the name of Prince Shengto. It is said that when a guy named Prince Suito was out for a trip, he saw a yellow-faced tramp lying on the side of the road. Prince Suito asked him what his name was, but he couldn't even answer.
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