This Xue Zhou and other Yang, the status in Japan, that is definitely more than a painting saint, can be described, if you have to add him a modern title, then you can definitely call him a Japanese national treasure, or the pride of Japan!

You must know that he was the only person selected as one of the world's top ten cultural celebrities at the 1956 Vienna World Peace Conference.

What do you think will be the status of such a character in the hearts of the Japanese?

This Xuezhou and other Yang is a famous Zen monk painter in the late Muromachi period of Japan, the master of the Japanese Tang Dynasty, his real name is Oda and other Yang, Xuezhou is after his monk, when he became the presiding officer of the Snow Boat Temple, he loves to paint since childhood, and at the age of twelve he converted to the Buddha and became a monk.

I didn't expect that after becoming a monk in the end, he became famous, because he liked painting since he was a child, and after becoming a monk, he had a lot of time to study painting, and finally became everyone in painting.

When he first became a monk, he did not become a monk at Sekishuji Temple, but at Xiangguoji Temple, where he had the opportunity to learn from many Japanese painters who believed in Buddhism and became familiar with the painting techniques that were popular in Japan at the time.

At that time, Japanese painting was mainly imitating Chinese paintings from the Song and Yuan dynasties, and this painting technique made Yang such as Xuezhou very obsessed.

Later, in the third year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty, that is, in 1467, the 47-year-old Xuezhou finally waited for an opportunity to study abroad, followed the 13th Japanese mission to the Ming Dynasty, and took the tribute ship with Tian and Qing Qi as the envoys, and came to Ning@Bo in May and June.

This time he came to Ning@Bo, Xuezhou stayed in Tiantong Temple in Ningbo, which is also the destination he wants to visit and stay in day and night. Ning@Bo's City Ship Division also sent Xu Lian, a Ningbo scribe who was proficient in Japanese, to accompany him and serve as a guide and interpreter for the snow boat.

As a result, this sedum Tong Shande Temple, hidden in the twenty-mile pine forest, has added an overseas student with outstanding Confucianism, Buddhism and painting skills.

In modern times, because of the Japanese painter's influence among the Japanese people and internationally. This Xuezhou and other Yang were even included in the list of Tiantong Famous Monks.

Xue Zhou and other Yang searched for landscapes in Dongning@Bo, Zhejiang, and became acquainted with famous artists such as Gao Shi, who was especially fond of the works of Southern Song Dynasty landscape painters Ma Yuan and Xia Gui.

At that time, Fengfang, a calligrapher and painter in Ning@Bocheng, and Jin Xiang, a servant who retreated to Nanhu, were his close friends, so the sails of Dinghaiguan, the city tower of Sanjiangkou, the fishing boats of Dongqian Lake, the waterfalls of Xuedou Mountain, and the three towers of Yuwang Mountain were all included in his pen one by one.

In the middle of winter this year, Xuezhou and other Yang were accompanied by Xu Lian from the Zhedong Canal to Beijing, all the way. The peaks of Siming Mountain, the Yangtze River is vast, and the majesty of the prison and the prosperity of the capital make the snow boat seem to be drunk.

After arriving in Beijing, he was in the courtyard of the Ministry of Rites, splashing ink and flying pens, happily painting, Ming Xianzong heard the Golden Palace to catch the wind, praised it, and also gave him the title of "Tiantong No. 1", which was for this Japanese student back then. But the highest honor.

Xue Zhou studied with famous painters Zhang Yousheng and Li Zai in the Imperial Painting Garden in Beijing on the "purpose of coloring" and "the method of splashing ink", and it was this experience that made him make a great breakthrough and progress in ink landscape painting.

During his time in Ning@Bo, Xuezhou became acquainted with literati, copied paintings, and then traveled north to enjoy the magnificent mountains and rivers of China, and then arrived in the capital. First, he studied Xia Gui's courtyard painting, and learned the coloring of Chinese ink painting from the Chinese court painters Li Zai and Zhang Yousheng at that time. Splash ink, and smudge techniques.

In addition, he also studied the abstract landscapes of the Zhejiang School, the Wu School, and the courtyard style at that time, as well as the painting techniques of the orthodox landscapes of the Song and Yuan dynasties, absorbing the essence and integrating them. These had a profound and tremendous influence on the improvement of his late landscape painting techniques.

It is one of the main reasons for the great change in his painting style after returning to China, and more than two years in China was a watershed in the change of Yang painting style such as Xue Zhou.

After Xue Zhou and Yang returned to China, he carried out creative research and development on this basis, and his later landscape paintings were the culmination of various families. With the elegance and beauty of the courtyard, the freshness and elegance of the literati, the elegance and conciseness of the Zen forest, and the novelty and abstraction, coupled with the unique style of the Japanese samurai, his painting style can be said to be varied, creating a Japanese-style ink landscape.

It was also from him that he created the style of ink-breaking landscape painting, which later influenced Japanese painting.

The work of such an important Japanese historical celebrity, Jin Muchen is of course duty-bound to be in the bag.

In terms of artistic conception, this painting is actually unique from China's splashed ink and light ink landscape paintings, and Jin Muchen has never seen such a style of painting before.

Coupled with the international reputation of this Xue Zhou and other Yangs, even if he doesn't want this painting in the future, he will not worry about fetching a high price if he takes it to Europe to operate.

The most important thing is this "Autumn and Winter Landscape Map". Winter Scene", but it is the best work of Yang and other Yang in his later years, after collecting the strengths of various Chinese ink paintings.

You must know that he was almost 50 years old when he returned from China, and although he created a school of Japanese painting after that, the final output of works was not very many.

There are very few that can be handed down to this day, and this painting has been in the collection of the Imperial Family before, if it is taken out and sold, its value can be imagined, Jin Muchen feels that with the status of Na Xuecun and other Yang in the history of Japanese painting and world art, it should not be difficult for this painting to be sold at the same price as Picasso's works.

What a bumper harvest! After collecting this work, Jin Muchen's heart didn't mention how beautiful it was.

As he continued to move forward, there were basically not many snow boat-style works, but there was another Japanese national treasure-level heavy painting, which caught Jin Muchen's eyes.

When the picture of "The Legend of Prince Shotoku" appeared in front of Jin Muchen's eyes, he was really shocked!

Nima's, a full 60 pages of paintings, cut with architecture and landscapes, such a large-scale painting of the 11th century, this is not to mention in Japan, even if it is taken to China, it must be regarded as a national treasure among national treasures!

As far as Jin Muchen knows, the longest large-scale painting in ancient Chinese painting may be the famous "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival", but if he compares the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" in front of this "Biography of Prince Shotoku" now, even if he himself is committed to Chinese culture, he can only sigh to himself.

Indeed, this painting is really shocking, not to mention anything else, just talking about his length, it is really shocking, there are 60 pictures.

In the 11th century, I am afraid that there was really no such a long work in the whole world except Japan.

This is the first time that Jin Muchen has a trace of respect for Japanese art and culture.

Then look carefully at this painting, this painting is actually introducing the life of Prince Shotoku, from his birth to his death, the various scenes he experienced, and then there are some text descriptions on each painting, all of which are explaining what happened in the picture, and the text of the description is still in Chinese.

If you talk about the painting skills alone, this painting can only be rated as average, and the content is only equivalent to the current enlarged version of the villain book, but if you talk about the characters in this painting, the story of his life, and the length of this painting, then this painting can definitely be rated as a national treasure among Japan's national treasures.

This Prince Shotoku is arguably one of the most famous statesmen in Japanese history, and even the Meiji Emperor, who later implemented the Restoration, had to bow his head three points in front of him, and whoever made the Meiji Emperor was his Xuanxuan...... What about Sun.

Born in 574, Prince Shotoku was the second prince of Emperor Yomei, and his mother was Empress Anakoto.

The story of Prince Shotoku is also strange, as he did not ascend to the throne of Japan's emperor, but he held the country's supreme power for 30 years.

During the 30 years he was in power, in order to adapt to the new situation at home and abroad, he implemented a series of eye-catching reforms, so he was respected by later generations of Japanese as the emperor of Buddhism, the holy king, and the great man of Japan.

Even today, he is still a great sage in the hearts of the Japanese people, and his portrait is printed on the banknotes of 5 dry yen and 10,000 yen, and there is absolutely no Japanese who does not know him.

Like many 'great men' in history, there are many bizarre legends about the birth of Prince Shotoku, whose mother is said to have become pregnant when a young monk with a golden body jumped into his mouth...... No wonder the Japanese are so open now, and they can get pregnant by swallowing @ sperm in their early years......

Then, one day, a few months after she became pregnant, she was walking next to the stable and suddenly gave birth to Prince Shotoku, so Prince Shotoku was named Prince Stable.

Interestingly, the legend that Prince Shotoku was born in the stable is very similar to the legend that Jesus was born in the stable in the West, but this Prince Shotoku is much more than a cow breaker because it is said that when he was born, he was born with a fragrance all over his body and a sparkle in the courtyard...... It seems that the Japanese can brag about their ability to break up, but it is not worse than our Tian @ Chaoren......

It is said that he was a child prodigy since he was a child, and when he was just 1 year old, he faced the east, recited "Nam no Amitabha" with his hands together, and read hundreds of sutras when he was 7 years old...... It's just a genius......

It is said that one time, when the man who was then called Prince Stable, went out to play, he saw a homeless man with a thin face lying on the side of the road, and the prince asked him what his name was, but he couldn't answer.

The prince of the stables was still very concerned about him, and immediately had food brought to him, and took off his clothes to cover him, and told him to rest. But the next day, when the prince of the stables sent someone to visit him again, the homeless man had already died by the roadside. The prince of the stables was very sad and buried him in the local area. (To be continued.) )