Shigajiku
Form of Japanese ink wash painting / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shigajiku (Japanese: 詩画軸, "poem-and-painting scrolls"), are a form of Japanese ink wash painting. These hanging scrolls depict poetic inscriptions at the top of the scroll and a painted image, usually a landscape scene, below.[1] Buddhist monks of the gozan 五山 or Five Mountain monasteries of the early Muromachi Period (1336-1573) first introduced the poem-and-painting scrolls.[2]
Shigajiku is a modern category given to the visual and literary culture of the Muromachi Period rooted in the Zen tradition.[3] The most common visual aesthetic for shigajiku is a monochrome water and ink style of painting, suibokuga 水墨画, with only occasional traces of color throughout the scroll.[4]