Ink and gold : Art of the Kano /

The Kano lineage of painters-the most important in Japan-was established in the late 15th century by Kano Masanobu (1434-1530) and continued for more than 400 years, until the early 20th century. Originally limited to successive generations of the Kano family, it soon developed into a school of prof...

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Main Authors: Fischer, Felice (Author), Kinoshita, Kyoko (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Philadelphia Museum of Art 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Kano School: the first one hundred years / Yukio Lippit
  • Fans of the Zen community: a study of the Nanzen-ji screens / Shunroku Okudaira
  • The heritage and legacy of Kano Tan'yū / Felice Fischer
  • Japanese paintings of Chinese historical figures / Masato Matsushima
  • The Kano School and the Katsura-no-miya family from the late 16th through the early 18th century / Aya Ōta
  • The Kano house after Tan'yū: lives of the artists / Kyoko Kinoshita
  • The Meiji revival of the Kano School: the final chapter / Felice Fischer.