Kanō Tanyū

Kanō Tanyū

▪ Japanese painter
original name Kanō Morinobu
born March 4, 1602, Kyōto
died Nov. 4, 1674, Edo [Tokyo]

      most influential Kanō painter of the Tokugawa period in Japan.

      His conservative choice of subject matter (e.g., historical figures embodying Confucian ethical precepts) and his return to the subdued tones and designs of the early Kanō painters set the standards for later Kanō artists. His studied brushwork and dignified portrayal of figures appear in “Confucius and Two Disciples,” a screen painting now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The extent to which his art reflected the taste of the military rulers of his day may be deduced from the honours bestowed upon him. At 17 he was appointed painter to the shogun and given an estate at Kajibashi, which became the name associated with his school. He decorated the walls of various palaces and castles, including Nijō Castle in Kyōto, the shogun's castle at Nagoya, and the Kyōto Imperial Palace. He painted the scrolls illustrating events in the life of the first Tokugawa shogun, Ieyasu, and decorated the porticoes of his mausoleum, the Tōshō-gū shrine in Nikkō. At 34 he assumed the temple name Tanyū; two years later he was raised to an exalted position in the Buddhist clergy. Together with his grandfather Eitoku and his great-great-grandfather Motonobu, he is celebrated as one of the “three famous brushes” of the Kanō family.

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