Kano Naonobu

Japanese: 狩野尚信 - かのう・なおのぶ

Year of death: 7th April 1650 (7th May 1650)
Year of birth: October 6, 1607 (November 25, 1607)
A painter of the early Edo period. The second son of Kano Takanobu. Born in Yamashiro Province (Kyoto Prefecture). Nicknamed Shuma, he shaved his head and took the name Jitensai. In 1630, he was summoned to Edo and bestowed a mansion in Takekawacho, where he established the foundations of the Kobikicho Kano family, painters for the shogunate. Together with his brother Tan'yū and others, he produced sliding door paintings for Nijō Castle (1626), the Imperial Palace (1641, 1642), and the guest hall of Shojuraigō-ji Temple (1642). His paintings were influenced by Tan'yū, but he created his own unique style of painting, with lyrical ink paintings that made use of the white space and ink bleeding. There is also a theory that he disappeared at the end. Other representative works include the "Eight Views of Xiaoxiang" folding screen (Tokyo National Museum) and the "Kogo and Shiyu Visit the Emperor" folding screen (Idemitsu Museum of Arts). <References> Tajima Shiichi (ed.), "A View of Oriental Art," Vol. 5

(Keiko Nakamachi)

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没年：慶安3.4.7(1650.5.7)
生年：慶長12.10.6(1607.11.25)
江戸前期の画家。狩野孝信の次男。山城国(京都府)に生まれる。通称は主馬。剃髪して自適斎と号した。寛永7(1630)年江戸に召され竹川町に屋敷を拝領し,幕府御用絵師木挽町狩野家の基礎を築く。兄探幽らと共に二条城(1626),内裏(1641,42),聖衆来迎寺客殿(1642)などの襖絵を制作。絵は探幽の影響を受けるが,余白と墨のにじみを生かした叙情的な墨画に独自の画境を開く。最期に関しては失踪説もある。代表作はほかに「瀟湘八景図屏風」(東京国立博物館蔵),「小督・子猷訪戴図屏風」(出光美術館蔵)。<参考文献>田島志一編『東洋美術大観』5巻

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