Name Sōami Sōami | ||
Sōami (相阿弥, died 1525) was a painter and landscape artist in the service of the Ashikaga shogunate who is claimed to have designed the rock garden of the Ginkaku-ji. 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.
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Sōami was the grandson and son of the painters and art connoisseurs Nōami and Geiami, respectively.
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