Shūbun

Shūbun was a Japanese Buddhist monk from the 15th century, renowned for his role in developing Japanese Zen art and landscape painting. He was a key figure in the Muromachi period and helped incorporate Zen principles into art, emphasizing simplicity, naturalness, and meditation. Shūbun’s landscape paintings often depict serene, minimalist scenes inspired by natural beauty, reflecting the Zen practice of mindfulness and harmony with nature. His work influenced the future of Japanese ink painting and helped establish Zen aesthetics as central to Japanese artistic expression.