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Kano Tan'yu

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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

Four Elders of Mt. Shang

Four Elders of Mt. Shang

1600s

Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

1600s

Ink painting of a robed figure walking through misty rain near a dark mountain peak and rocky cliff.

Evening Shower

c. 1625-74

Ink painting on a hanging scroll of a small bird with a long tail perched on a lotus bud atop a thin stem.

Bird on a Lotus Bud

1600s

Six-panel folding screen with gold ground showing birds, bamboo, flowers and branches above carved wooden panels.

狩野探幽・狩野尚信・清原雪信花鳥図屏風

1650

Hanging scroll of a robed figure in a lotus hat playing a flute on clouds before a pale moon, in ink and light color.

笛吹地蔵図

Hanging scroll of a misty ink landscape with a waterfall, pine trees, and a small pavilion among rocks.

神農・夏冬山水図

1662

Hanging scroll of an elderly bearded man in flowing robes seated against a soft grey ink wash background.

神農・夏冬山水図

1665

Monochrome ink landscape of a pale misty mountain rising above still water under a hazy sky.

Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang River Valleys

1650

Ink painting on silk of a gibbon hanging from a branch, with faint leaves above and a signature seal at lower left.

Gibbon

1700