Kano Tanyu

Japanese

Early Edo Period, the world of lyrical beauty

Kano Tanyu(1602-74) was a grandson of Kano Eitoku, and a representative painter of the early Edo Period. He began serving as a government painter at the age of 16.He created wall paintings of the great temple in Kyoto, Edo castle, and Nagoya castle. Folding screens and hanging scrolls are known as his excellent pieces. He was received in audience by the Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu in Sunpu(current Shizuoka city) in his early days. He was also a painter of "Plaques of the Thirty-six Japanese poetic Immortals" which was offeredto Shizuoka Sengen Shrine by the third Shogun, Iemitsu. Kano is one of the closely connected painters of the prefecture. At this Exhibition, we display two of our excellent possessions and related pieces. In addition, we exhibit pieces that have been newly discovered and those opened to the public for the first time. There are altogether 28 cases, 61 pieces on display.(One Important Cultural Property, one Important Art Object, five pieces that are opened to the public for the first time. ) We shall enjoy the brilliant works of Tanyu.

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