Summer and Winter Landscapes

夏冬山水図

At a glance — Painting · Muromachi period, 16th century · held by Kyoto National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan · Sesson Shukei.

Fact Sheet

Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category: Paintings
Period: Muromachi period, 16th century
Date: 1501–1600
Creator: Sesson Shukei (雪村周継、雪村)
Dimensions: (Each) Height102cm:Width40.5cm
Held by: Kyoto National Museum
Location: Higashiyama, Kyoto
Catalogue ID: cobas-5799

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The brushwork in this relatively early work reveals the artist’s knowledge of paintings by the earlier master Sesshū (1420 –1506?), yet the mountainous rocks and pavilions already show Sesson’s unique distortive touch. Sesson once wrote, “Though I have spent many years studying Sesshū, look at the difference in our painting styles.”

— Museum description: Kyoto National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財), Government of Japan
Catalogue ID: cobas-5799 (permanent)
Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-5799
Holder's collection: ColBase — Kyoto National Museum
Photograph: Kyoto National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0. CC BY 4.0 licence

Cite this page: “Summer and Winter Landscapes（夏冬山水図）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-5799. Kyoto National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/summer-and-winter-landscapes/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.

Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)

Category: Paintings, sketches, and prints:Japan:Medieval ink paintings
Genre: Painting
Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
Size: (Each) Height102cm:Width40.5cm
員数: 2幅
分類: 絵画
種別: 絵画:日本:中世水墨画
法量: 各縦102cm:横40.5cm
銘文等: 白文方印「雪村」

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