Sōami

Japanese painter and landscape artist

1455 CE to 1525 CE

Sōami (died 1525) is 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 are in the style of China's Southern School; some of his greatest pieces cover over twenty panels, and depict Japanese landscapes using Chinese methods.

His work is among the first nanga or Southern School work in Japan.

Sōami is the grandson and son of the painters and art connoisseurs Nōami and Geiami, respectively.

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