Sōami
Japanese artist (1455-1525)
Sōami (相阿弥; died 1525) was a Japanese painter and landscape artist.
01Family
02Career
Sōami was in the service of the Ashikaga shogunate and is claimed to have designed the rock garden of the Ginkaku-ji temple.
Unlike many of his contemporaries, Sōami's paintings were in the style of China's Southern School; some of his greatest pieces covered over twenty panels, and depicted Japanese landscapes using Chinese methods. His work was among the first nanga or Southern School work in Japan. Sōami is most known for his Landscape of the Four Seasons (Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers) (at Archive.org).
03Famous works
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- 'Squirrel on a Bamboo Stalk', bearing the signature and seal of Sôami, Honolulu Academy of Arts.jpg by Sōami, Public domain
- Li Bai viewing the waterfall at Mr. Lu, by Soami (d. 1525), Japan, Muromachi period, approx. 1500-1525, hanging scroll, ink on paper - Asian Art Museum of San Francisco - DSC01478.JPG by Daderot, CC0
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