Kanō school
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school of Japanese painting, late 15th century until Meiji Period, 1868
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- family
- Country
- Japan
- Founded by
- Kanō Masanobu
- Participant
- Kanō Sanraku
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- Commons category
- Kanō school
- topic's main category
- Category:Kanō school
- described by source
- Svensk uppslagsbok
- inception
- 1500-00-00
- end time
- 1868-00-00
- influenced by
- Chinese painting
- time period
- Edo period
- has works in the collection
- Yale University Art Gallery
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Encyclopedic overview
Birds and Flowers of Spring and Summer, Kanō Einō
The Kanō school (狩野派, Kanō-ha) is one of the most famous schools of Japanese painting. The Kanō school of painting was the dominant style of painting from the late 15th century until the Meiji period which began in 1868, by which time the school had divided into many different branches. The Kanō family itself produced a string of major artists over several generations, to which large numbers of unrelated artists who trained in workshops of the school can be added. Some artists married into the family and changed their names, and others were adopted. According to the historian of Japanese art Robert Treat Paine, "another family which in direct blood line produced so many men of genius ... would be hard to find".
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