TOHAKU, Hasegawa Pine Trees (left screen) 16th century
Pair of six-folded screens; ink on paper, 156.8 x 356.0 cm, Tokyo National Museum Right screen
Hasegawa Tōhaku, japanese, 1539-1610
Hasegawa Tōhaku painted largely in monochrome ink, in Chinese-inspired styles, and is particularly famous for his depictions of monkeys. The Hasegawa school painted mostly fusuma (sliding doors.