Identify and explain the influence of an external culture on the artistic style of Sesshu Toyo’s Haboku, Splashed Ink Landscape. What aspect of Sesshu’s work is innovative?

What will be an ideal response?

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Sesshu Toyo’s Haboku, Splashed Ink Landscape demonstrates the influence of Chinese painting techniques in the use of calligraphic brushstrokes to depict a landscape.
2. Sesshu’s use of abstract forms and the freedom of his brushwork, often in his explosive haboku style, influenced the ink paintings of later Japanese artists.