sesshū studied under tenshō shūbun and was influenced by chinese song dynasty landscape painting. in 1468–69, he undertook a voyage to ming china, where too he was quickly recognized as an outstanding painter. upon returning to japan, sesshū built himself a studio and established a large following, painters that are now referred to as the "unkoku-rin" school—or "school of sesshū". although many paintings survive that bear sesshū's signature or seal, only a few can be securely attributed to him. his most well-known work is the so-called "long landscape scroll" (山水長巻, "sansui chōkan").