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![Four-fold screen, Unkoku School, Japan, Meiji era, 19th century [thumbnail]](/i/items/AA139-1_1-thb-s-2.jpg "Four-fold screen, Unkoku School, Japan, Meiji era, 19th century [thumbnail]")
![Four-fold screen, Unkoku School (detail), Japan, Meiji era, 19th century [thumbnail]](/i/items/AA139-1_2-thb-s-2.jpg "Four-fold screen, Unkoku School (detail), Japan, Meiji era, 19th century [thumbnail]")
![Four-fold screen, Unkoku School (screen), Japan, Meiji era, 19th century [thumbnail]](/i/items/AA139-1_3-thb-s-2.jpg "Four-fold screen, Unkoku School (screen), Japan, Meiji era, 19th century [thumbnail]")
Four-fold screen, Unkoku School Japan, Meiji era, 19th century
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Painted in ink with an egret perched on a boat with a gold background, seals read Unkoku Totetsu (1631-1683). This is a later copy
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The Unkoku school was the legitimate successor of the great Japanese painter and Zen practitioner Sesshu (1420-1506). The manner was austere and tranquil when compared to other types of painting at the time.
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