Unkoku Togan
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Unkoku Togan (雲谷 等顔, born 1547 in Nagasaki; died 1618 in Yamaguchi) was a Japanese painter.
He was born into a privileged family, as the second son of the Hara Naoie, lord of Nokomi Castle in Hizen province.
Starting as an artist of the Kano school, Togans work was soon inspired by the style of Sesshu. He painted realistic landscapes, usually ink on paper.
He worked under lord Mori in the Yamaguchi prefecture. Later, he became a Buddhist priest and abbot of the temple of Unkoku-an.
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