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A collector's seal, kanzō-in 鑑蔵印, which was impressed on Song and Yuan dynasties paintings *sōgenga 宋元画, after they were imported to Japan. Until recently, this seal was believed to have belonged to Ashikaga Yoshimasa 足利義政 (1436-90), but recent investigation shows that zakkeshitsu was the name of a studio or hermitage belonging to Ashikaga Yoshinori 足利義教 (1394-1441) Muromachidono gyōkō okazari ki 室町殿行幸御飾記 (Tokugawa 徳川 Art Museum, Aichi Prefecture). There are at present sixteen paintings which are impressed with the zakkeshitsu seal. Among them are "Quails" Uzura zu 鶉図 (Nezu 根津 Art Museum, Tokyo) and "Bamboo and Insect" Chikuchū zu 竹虫図 (Tokyo National Museum), both attributed to Li Anzhong (Jp: Ri Anchū 李安忠).