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Kano Tan'yū

1602–1674 · Japanese

Born
1602 · Kyoto
Died
1674 · Edo

51 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Kanō Tan'yū was a Japanese painter of the Kanō school and one of the foremost Kanō painters of the Tokugawa period. Many of the best known Kanō works today are by Tan'yū.

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Kanō Tan'yū (狩野 探幽; Japanese pronunciation: [ka.noː (|) ta(ꜜ)ɰ̃.jɯː], 4 March 1602 – 4 November 1674) was a Japanese painter of the Kanō school. One of the foremost Kanō painters of the Tokugawa period, many of the best known Kanō works today are by Tan'yū.

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Selected registered works by Kano Tan'yū

Selected from 51 works by Kano Tan'yū in the Collect24 Registry.

Kano Tan’yū, The Four Seasons

Kano Tan’yū

The Four Seasons, 1668

Six-panel folding screen, ink and slight color on paper

174 × 381 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-1103033

Kano Tan'yu, Snipe Over a Marsh from the Three Dusks

Kano Tan'yu

Snipe Over a Marsh from the Three Dusks, 1665

Ink and color on silk

30.5 × 44.9 cm

National Museum of Asian Art

C24-127084

Kano Tan'yu, Spring Landscape

Kano Tan'yu

Spring Landscape, 1672

Ink and color on silk

82.5 × 37.7 cm

National Museum of Asian Art

C24-126362

Kano Tan'yu, Thatched huts along a shoreline from the Three Dusks

Kano Tan'yu

Thatched huts along a shoreline from the Three Dusks, 1665

Ink and color on silk

30.5 × 44.8 cm

National Museum of Asian Art

C24-126121

Kano Tan'yu, Eight Views of Omi Province

Kano Tan'yu

Eight Views of Omi Province, 1670

Ink and color on silk

27.3 × 276.7 cm

National Museum of Asian Art

C24-125265

Kano Tan'yu, Miracles performed by the bodhisattva Jizo (copy of a section of a handscroll)

Kano Tan'yu

Miracles performed by the bodhisattva Jizo (copy of a section of a handscroll), 1627

Ink and color

125 × 13.3 cm

National Museum of Asian Art

C24-124692

Kano Tan'yu, A branch of flowering hibiscus

Kano Tan'yu

A branch of flowering hibiscus, 1667

Ink and color on silk

27 × 39 cm

National Museum of Asian Art

C24-123540

Kano Tan’yū, Gibbons Reaching for the Moon

Kano Tan’yū

Gibbons Reaching for the Moon, 1600s

Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk

170 × 33.9 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-116438

Kano Tan’yū, The Four Seasons

Kano Tan’yū

The Four Seasons, 1668

pair of six-panel folding screens, ink and slight color on paper

174 × 381 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-114972

Kano Tan’yū, Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

Kano Tan’yū

Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, 1600s

One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper

161 × 339 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-114713

Kano Tan’yū, Four Elders of Mt. Shang

Kano Tan’yū

Four Elders of Mt. Shang, 1600s

One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper

161 × 339 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-114578

Kano Tan’yū, The Four Seasons

Kano Tan’yū

The Four Seasons, 1668

Six-panel folding screen, ink and slight color on paper

174 × 381 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-114493

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