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In addition to being a highly honored and respected painter in his own right, Tan'yū was known as a collector and connoisseur of Chinese paintings. He made sketches and kept records of many of the paintings that passed through his studio, brought to him for authentication.
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Prolific in a variety of painting styles, Tan'yū's most famous works are probably those he produced for these large-scale commissions. They are screens and panels, prime examples of the
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first official painter. Over the following years, he was given many highly prestigious commissions. Over the 1620s and 1630s, he created a number of large-scale works for
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e-museum: National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties of National Museums, Japan
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Sanjūrokkasen-gaku (Thirty-six Poetry Immortals framed picture) #3: Ōshikōchi no Mitsune
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His original given name was Morinobu; he was the eldest son of
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Works in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Brief Biography of Kano Tanyu - Jyuluck-Do Corporation
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work is a narrative handscroll depicting the life of
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Momoda Ryūei
Kanō school


Freer Gallery of Art
Japanese name
surname
狩野
探幽
Japanese
painter
Kanō school
Tokugawa period
Kanō Takanobu
Kanō Eitoku
Tokugawa shogunate
shogunate's
Edo Castle
Nijō Castle
Osaka Castle
Nagoya Castle
Nikkō Tōshō-gū
Momoyama style
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
monochrome ink painting
Muromachi period
yamato-e
Tosa school
Tokugawa Ieyasu

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