Yamaguchi Sekkei (Japanese: å±±å£éªæ¸Â) also known as Yamaguchi Sà Âsetsu (å±±å£å®Âéª) (1644/48, Kyoto - 22 October 1732, Kyoto) was a Japanese artist of the middle Edo period. He sometimes went under the names Baian (梠庵) or Hakuin (ç½é ).
Although his year of birth is generally considered to be 1644, documents at Kiyomizu-dera suggest that it may have been 1648 or even 1649.
It has been said that he was a great admirer of the artists Muqi (Chinese:ç§谿) or "Mokkei" in Japanese, and Sesshà « (éªèÂÂ) and that he created his art name by combining characters from both of their names. It is also believed that he was a student of Kanà  Einà Â.
He didn't paint in the prevailing styles of his time, but rather used traditional styles to create his own. Among his best known works are a pair of screens depicting "Autumnal Maples" in Daigo-ji, which were shown in Berlin in 1939 as part of the . They are registered as an Important Cultural Property.
Also notable are the murals in the Myà Âshin-ji. They comprise fifteen landscapes with figures, sixteen scenes with flowers and birds and twelve portraits of Buddhist saints. They are not accessible to the public.