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Sōami

was a painter and landscape artist in the service of the Ashikaga shogunate who is claimed to have designed the rock garden of the Ginkaku-ji. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Sōami's paintings were in the style of China's Southern School; some of his greatest pieces covered over twenty panels, and depicted Japanese landscapes using Chinese methods. His work was among the first nanga or Southern School work in Japan.

Sōami was the grandson and son of the painters and art connoisseurs Nōami and Geiami, respectively.

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It is said that Soami, the great painter and connoisseur of the court of AshikagaYoshimasa, was one of the earliest adepts at it.

Sekishiu once placed some water-plants in a flat receptacle to suggest the vegetation of lakes and marshes, and on the wall above he hung a painting by Soami of wild ducks flying in the air.