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Kano Sanraku

1559–1635 · Japanese

Born
1559 · Gamo district
Died
1635 · Kyoto

8 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Kanō Sanraku, also known by several other names, was a Japanese painter and a sixth-generation member of the Kanō family of painters. His works combine the forceful quality of Momoyama art with a tranquil depiction of nature and refined Edo period color use.

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Kanō Sanraku (狩野 山楽; 1559 – September 30, 1635) was a Japanese painter also known as Kimura Heizō (his birth name), Shūri, Mitsuyori, and Sanraku. He was the sixth-generation member of the famous Kanō family of painters that served the Japanese shoguns. Sanraku's works combine the forceful quality of Momoyama work with the tranquil depiction of nature, and they have a more refined use of color typical of the Edo period.

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Selected registered works by Kano Sanraku

Selected from 8 works by Kano Sanraku in the Collect24 Registry.

Kano Sanraku, Wild Geese

Kano Sanraku

Wild Geese, late 1500s-early 1600s

pair of six-fold screens; ink on paper

152 × 359 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-113977

Kano Sanraku, Wild Geese

Kano Sanraku

Wild Geese, late 1500s-early 1600s

pair of six-fold screens; ink on paper

170.2 × 371.8 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-113960

Kano Sanraku, Wild Geese

Kano Sanraku

Wild Geese, late 1500s-early 1600s

pair of six-fold screens; ink on paper

170.2 × 371.8 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-113203

Kano Sanraku 狩野山楽, Bodhidharma (Daruma)

Kano Sanraku 狩野山楽

Bodhidharma (Daruma), 17th century

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

102.9 × 53.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-136325

Kano Sanraku, Chinese Sages

Kano Sanraku

Chinese Sages, late 16th–early 17th century

Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper

149.5 × 345.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-135761

Kano Sanraku, Jinshan Island and West Lake

Kano Sanraku

Jinshan Island and West Lake, 1630

Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper

152.5 × 358.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-128204

Kano Sanraku, Blossoming cherry trees

Kano Sanraku

Blossoming cherry trees, 1615-1868

Gold, ink, and tint on paper

132 × 154.3 cm

National Museum of Asian Art

C24-124141

Kano Sanraku, Autumn Millet and Small Birds

Kano Sanraku

Autumn Millet and Small Birds

Pair of eight-panel foldingscreens; ink, color, and gold on gilt paper

85.1 × 341.6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-136046

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