Landscapes and Cranes (Translation)
花鸟図屏風 江戸時代 狩野探幽筆 六曲一双 紙本金地水墨 (Primary Title)
Screen with Landscape and Crane (Former Title)
six-panel folding screens (Object Name)
Kanō Tan’yū, Japanese, 1602 - 1674 (Artist)
Established by the Kano family artists, the Kano School of painting emerged in Kyoto in the 16th century and fully developed after 1600, when Japan’s capital relocated to Edo, today’s Tokyo. In 1617, Kano Tanyu was appointed as an official artist to paint the shogun military ruler’s castles in the new capital. In creating this pair of screens that depict summer and winter scenes, the use of light ink, the variation in brushwork, and the open composition reveal the Kano landscape style of the early Edo period.
Sumi-e 墨絵
Kano School 狩野派
Momoyama period (1573-1615)
探幽法眼筆 Tanyu hogen hitsu
守信 Morinobu
探幽法眼筆 Tanyu hogen hitsu (Painted by Tanyu)
Gift of the Ellen Bayard Weedon Foundation
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