Yasunobu Kano

Japanese: 狩野安信 - かのう・やすのぶ

Year of death: 4th September 1685 (1st October 1685)
Year of birth: December 1, 1614 (January 10, 1614)
A painter of the early Edo period. Commonly known as Ukyoshin, and pen name Eishin. Born in Kyoto as the third son of Kano Takanobu, he was adopted to succeed the head of the family after the early death of the head of the family, Sadanobu. During the Kan'ei era (1624-1644), he was bestowed with a mansion in Nakabashi, Edo, and became an official painter for the shogunate, founding the Nakabashi Kano family. He participated in the production of sliding door paintings for Edo Castle and the Imperial Palace. In 1662 (Kanbun 2), he became a Hokan. He followed the painting style of his older brother Tan'yu, but his skill was somewhat inferior. In his book "Gado Yoketsu" (1680), he showed the Kano family's ideas on painting, such as encouraging "academic painting," and influenced later generations. His representative work is the sliding screen painting at Gyokurin-in Temple, Daitokuji. "Tojo Tomecho" (Tokyo University of the Arts collection) is an appraisal record. <References> Tajima Shiichi (ed.), "Toyo Bijutsu Taikan," vol. 5

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没年：貞享2.9.4(1685.10.1)
生年：慶長18.12.1(1614.1.10)
江戸前期の画家。通称右京進,号永真。狩野孝信の3男として京都に生まれ,宗家の貞信が早世したため,養子となり宗家を継ぐ。寛永年間(1624～44)江戸中橋に屋敷を拝領し,幕府御用絵師となり,中橋狩野家を開いた。江戸城や禁裏などの襖絵制作に参加。寛文2(1662)年法眼となる。兄探幽の画法を踏襲するが,技量は若干劣る。著書『画道要訣』(1680)では「学画」の奨励など狩野家の絵画制作に対する考えを示し,後代に影響を与えた。代表作は大徳寺玉林院の障壁画。「添状留帳」(東京芸大蔵)は鑑定控。<参考文献>田島志一編『東洋美術大観』5巻

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