10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SESSHU»
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Sesshu in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Sesshu and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
In the alternate universe of Atomik Aztex, the Aztecs rule, having conquered the European invaders long ago.
Presents a mixture of poems and extracts from travel notebooks, postcard jottings, and letters.
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City terrace: field manual
Sesshu Foster grew up in City Terrace and taught English in nearby Boyle Heights for ten years. He received an MFA from the Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa.
Shubun's disciple and successor was Sesshu (1420-1506), who was also
affiliated as a priest with the Zen temple of Shokokuji. Shortly before the outbreak
of the Onin War, Sesshu journeyed to Yamaguchi in the western provinces of
Honshu, ...
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Traditional Japanese Arts And Culture: An Illustrated Sourcebook
Sesshu studied carefully the works he saw there, and many of those impressions
helped shape the great paintings of his mature years. Sesshu wrote little about
his own views of art, but the few fragments that remain are of great value. Sesshu
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Stephen Addiss, Gerald Groemer, J. Thomas Rimer, 2006
It is difficult to describe a Sesshu painting, for although he sometimes used color
with fine effect, his typical painting is nothing but a collection of black lines,
remarkably jagged, with a romantic mountain subject matter reminiscent of bad ...
James Albert Michener, 1983
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The Practices of Painting in Japan, 1475-1500
In 1476 Hofuri Ryoshin wrote the first, while the painter was residing in Bungo
Province (Oita Prefecture). Hofuri, who had traveled to China on the same ship as
Sesshu, focused particularly on Sesshu's experiences and achievements there.
Quitman E. Phillips, 2000
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Word and Image Interactions 4
In Offspring, the protagonist grows up to be the great painter-monk Toyo Sesshu (
1420-1506). He is the son of a humble samurai warrior, who later gained great
fame for his Chinese Sung and Yuan style landscape painting. In his youth ...
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Sesshu's Long Scroll: A Zen Landscape Journey
Although he admired, studied, and acknowledged his debt to Chinese masters,
Sesshu was not a strict traditionalist. As he himself once said, not men, but
mountains and rivers, were his teachers. Even in his owndayhe becamealegend
...
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Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion: The Creation of the Soul ...
on a wall of the Ministry of Rites at the imperial palace in Peking.10 He also
made numerous sketches of Chinese landscapes. Sesshu showed an unusual
ability to paint in many different Chinese styles, but he went beyond skillful
imitation to ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SESSHU»
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Sesshu is used in the context of the following news items.
Juan Felipe Herrera: Poet Laureate of Aztlan and America
The great Los Angeles poet Sesshu Foster has known Herrera since 1988. Foster told me that among the first wave of Chicano writers from the early 1970s, like ... «KCET, Jun 15»
You Know That One Thing You're Not Allowed to Talk About? That's …
Three of them are based on Japanese artist Sesshu's 15th-century landscape paintings, in which mountains rising up through fog and clouds eclipse any faint ... «TheStranger.com, May 15»
Buddhist Art in Japan: Complex Realities of Sesshu Toyo and …
Sesshu Toyo (1420-1506) and Sengai Gibon (1750-1837) are two famous individuals in Japanese history. However, despite belonging to the same Rinzai ... «Modern Tokyo Times, May 15»
Language Is Not Colorless: The Amazing Writing of Sawako Nakayasu
In addition to Don Mee Choi, the poets and writers of Asian descent who have altered the literary landscape include: Linh Dinh, Sesshu Fosster, Shirley Lim, Tan ... «Hyperallergic, Apr 15»
In 'Wide Awake,' Suzanne Lummis gathers the poets of Los Angeles
Or, as Sesshu Foster wonders in “Taylor's Question”: “— how do you survive, how do you make it through?” twitter: @davidulin. Copyright © 2015, Los Angeles ... «Los Angeles Times, Apr 15»
Mirei Shigemori: at home with stone
If the great Japanese painter and landscape designer Sesshu favored flat rocks, Shigemori's gardens are notable for their generous (critics have said excessive) ... «The Japan Times, Nov 14»
How Do You Talk Productively About the Whiteness of Art Institutions?
Then there was the poem by Sesshu Foster, published as a blog post in response to the "Made in L.A." biennial on view at the Hammer this summer: “it's okay ... «LA Weekly, Oct 14»
Mouthwatering in Montauk: Sushi at Westlake Fish House
I ordered the Sesshu Otokoyama, an extra-dry, cold sake poured from a gargantuan bottle into a chilled glass. The drink proved to be light and clean, with ... «Dan's Papers, Aug 14»
Travel the ages via Japanese art at Idemitsu Museum
Here, Kuroda notes there were traces of the signature of Sesshu Toyo (1420-1506) on the scroll. He suggests that it was highly possible that at one time ... «Asahi Shimbun, May 14»
A weekend of tributes to Wanda Coleman
“Wanda went ahead of all of us,” remembered Sesshu Foster, “and she explained a major portion of what this city is about.” Without her, he continued, “we'll just ... «Los Angeles Times, Jan 14»
