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Kano Tan'yu

41 works

Kano Tan'yu (1602-1674) was a painter. Read more

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Hanging scroll of gibbons linked in a chain reaching down toward a moon, painted in grey ink on silk.

Gibbons Reaching for the Moon

1600s

Ink landscape screens with misty mountains, pine trees, temple buildings, a pagoda, sailing boats and a waterfall.

The Four Seasons

1668

Ink painting of two sparrows on a blossoming plum branch above a rock, with a signature and red seal at right.

Sparrows on Blossoming Plum; A Sage with Tiger; Chinese Bird on Snow-Laden Branch

1661

Ink painting of two sparrows on a blossoming plum branch beside bare reed stalks, on a beige silk hanging scroll.

Sparrows on Blossoming Plum

1661

Hanging scroll of a bearded sage with a staff standing beside a striped tiger on a pale background.

A Sage with Tiger

1661

Ink painting of a long-tailed bird with red feet perched on a snow-covered branch against a grey background.

Chinese Bird on Snow-Laden Branch

1661

Ink painting of robed sages on a rocky ledge beside a waterfall, with pine branches overhead and a child among them.

Chinese Sages

mid- to late 1600s

Ink landscape hanging scroll of misty snowy mountains, a pagoda, pine trees and village houses below.

Winter Landscape

1662

Ink painting on a hanging scroll of a bearded elderly man in flowing robes, set within patterned silk brocade mounting.

Portrait of Emperor Shennong

1665

Six-panel screen with birds perched on flowering branches, bamboo and willow against gold-leaf panels.

Birds and Flowers

17th century

Ink wash handscroll of misty rocks and hills with a small hut and grass, by Kano Tan'yū, 1670.

Famous Themes for Painting Study Known as “The Garden of Painting” (Gaen)

1670

Six-panel folding screen of misty ink landscape with pines, a waterfall, a pagoda and a small boat on water.

Landscapes of the Four Seasons

1630s

Ink and light color drawing of Jizō Bosatsu seated on a cloud playing a flute, with a pale halo behind him.

Jizō Bosatsu Playing a Flute

mid-17th century

Hanging scroll of a sparrow flying above an ink-painted bamboo stalk with leaves, on a cream ground with patterned silk borde

Sparrow and Bamboo

17th-18th century

Ink wash painting of several ducks among faint reeds and bamboo, with a signature and red seal at lower right.

Ducks and Reeds

ca. 1650

Ink drawing of a squirrel on a bamboo branch with dark leaves against a plain brown background.

Squirrel on Bamboo

ca. 1650

Ink wash landscape of misty hills, a dark rock outcrop, and a small boat on pale paper, with a red seal at right.

"Broken Ink"-style Landscape

1700

Ink painting of the smiling deity Hotei with a sack and staff beneath a full moon, mounted as a hanging scroll.

Hotei

probably 17th or 18th century

Ink painting of two fishermen in a boat on misty water beside reeds, a rock and a bare tree, mounted as a hanging scroll.

Fisherman

17th century

Pair of gold-framed folding screens showing a snowy landscape with Mount Fuji, pine trees, a waterfall, and a moon over a sho

Landscape with Mount Fuji and Matsubara Pine Forest

1615

Painting of a flowering hibiscus branch with pink and white blossoms, green leaves and buds on an ochre background.

A branch of flowering hibiscus

1615

Ink wash landscape with misty mountains, a small boat on water, and a red artist seal at lower right.

Landscape

1615

Hanging scroll with an ink painting of a small bird perched on a pale stump in the lower left, on empty paper.

A bird on a stump

1615

Ink and color handscroll showing small figures in a riverside landscape, a house interior, and a haloed Jizo figure.

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

1615

Hanging scroll of a robed bodhisattva standing on a lotus over waves, with pine, rocks and clouds on a gold ground.

Bodhisattva crossing the sea

1700

Ink painting of a seated monk beside a bamboo stalk, with calligraphy and red seals on a hanging scroll.

The Sixth Patriarch of Zen at the Moment of Enlightenment

1635-45

Ink painting of thatched huts by a shoreline with a bare tree, misty sky, and vertical calligraphy in the upper left.

Thatched huts along a shoreline from the <em>Three Dusks</em>

1615

Hanging scroll of blossoming cherry trees beside a waterfall and stream, with misty mountains behind.

Spring Landscape

1615

Courtiers seated on a veranda under a blossoming tree, a woman behind a green blind, and a small dog beneath a full moon.

Album of twenty-four paintings

1700

Ink painting of a snipe flying over a misty marsh with reeds, with calligraphy and red seals on silk.

Snipe Over a Marsh from the <em>Three Dusks</em>

1615

Ink wash painting of misty hills, small pine trees, and a white bird in flight, with calligraphy in the upper right.

Evergreens on distant hills

1615

Six-panel ink screen of four bearded elders in robes with pine branches and two small attendants among rocks.

Four Elders of Mt. Shang

1600s

Kano Tan'yu (1602-1674) was a painter. Kano Tan'yu was born in Kyoto and died in Edo. The work of Kano Tan'yu is associated with Kanō school. Browse 41 works by Kano Tan'yu from 5 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata