Tsunenobu Kano

Japanese: 狩野常信 - かのう・つねのぶ

Year of death: 27 January 1713 (21 February 1713)
Year of birth: March 13, 1636 (April 18, 1636)
A painter from the early Edo period. Commonly known as Ukon, he shaved his head and took the name Yoboku. Other names included Kokansai and Seihakusai. The son of Kano Naonobu, he was the second head of the Kobikicho Kano family. In addition to taking part in the production of screen paintings for Edo Castle and the Imperial Palace, he also produced paintings that were presented by the shogunate to the king of Korea and the king of Chuzan of the Ryukyu Kingdom. In 1704 (Hoei 1), he became a Hokan, and in 1706 he became a Hoin. His paintings generally follow the style of Tan'yū and lack strong individuality, but after Tan'yū's death he became a leading figure in the Kano family. His "Tsunenobu Shukozu", which are reduced-scale copies of old paintings that he has appraised, are also valuable in terms of art history. His representative works include the "Phoenix Screen" (Tokyo University of the Arts Collection) and the "Landscape Painting" sliding door painting at Gyokurin-in Temple, Daitokuji. <References> Tajima Shiichi (ed.), "A Complete View of Oriental Art", Vol. 5

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Japanese:

没年：正徳3.1.27(1713.2.21)
生年：寛永13.3.13(1636.4.18)
江戸前期の画家。通称は右近。剃髪して養朴と号した。別号に耕寛斎,青白斎など。狩野尚信の子で木挽町狩野家2代目。江戸城や禁裏などの障壁画制作に参加したほか,幕府が朝鮮国王や琉球国中山王に贈った絵も制作する。宝永1(1704)年法眼,同6年に法印になる。絵はおおむね探幽風を踏襲し,強い個性には欠けるが,探幽没後狩野家の重鎮となる。鑑定した古画などを縮小模写した『常信縮図』は美術史的にも貴重。代表作は「鳳凰図屏風」(東京芸大蔵)や大徳寺玉林院襖絵「山水図」。<参考文献>田島志一編『東洋美術大観』5巻

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