Kanō Naonobu

Kanō Naonobu ( Japanese 狩野尚信 , nickname Shume ( 主馬 ) or Shumenosuke ( 主馬助 ); born November 25, 1607 in Kyōto ; died May 7, 1650 in Edo) was an early Japanese painter of the Kanō school Edo period and founder of the Kobikichō branch.

life and work

Naonobun was the second son of Kanō Takanobu . He was born in Kyōto and learned painting from his father and his older brother Tan'yū . In addition, he also studied with Kanō Kōi . In 1623 he was appointed court painter to the Shogunate ( 御用絵師 , goyō-eshi ). In 1626 he worked with Tan'yū for Tokugawa Iemitsu on the design of the residence within Nijō Castle in Kyōto with sliding door pictures ( 襖絵 , Fusuma -e ). 1630 Naonobu went to Edo and founded the Kobikichō branch of the Kanō school there. - He taught Tokugawa Iemitsu's son Hidetada painting.

His style follows the Tan'yūs, but has its own sensitivity. He often painted with Indian ink and used broad brushstrokes with light paint. He was a painter of considerable elegance, but because of his untimely death he did not achieve the same fame as his older brother.

One of Naonobu's best-known works is the screen with the “Eight Views of Xiāoxiāng” in the Tokyo National Museum .

photos

Eight views of Xiāoxiāng, 1
Eight views of Xiāoxiāng, 2
The four wise men from Mount Shan

Remarks

↑ On the right screen you can see “Mountain village on a clear day”, “Evening bells ringing from a distant temple”, “Fishing village at sunset” and “Nocturnal rain at the mouths of Xiāo and Xiāng”. On the left follow “Return of the fishing boats”, “Autumn moon on Dongting Lake ”, “Invading wild geese” and “Evening snow on the river”. - This pair of screens was shown in 1939 at the exhibition of ancient Japanese art in Berlin.

literature

Tazawa, Yutaka: Kanō Naonobu . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .
Laurance P. Roberts: Naonobu . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Weatherhill, 1976. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .
Staatliche Museen / Berlin (Hrsg.): Exhibition of old Japanese art. Berlin 1939. Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft Berlin.

Web links

Commons : Kanō Naonobu - Collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Kanō, Naonobu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	狩野尚信 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese painter
DATE OF BIRTH	November 25, 1607
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kyoto
DATE OF DEATH	May 7, 1650
Place of death	Edo

[1] On the right screen you can see “Mountain village on a clear day”, “Evening bells ringing from a distant temple”, “Fishing village at sunset” and “Nocturnal rain at the mouths of Xiāo and Xiāng”. On the left follow “Return of the fishing boats”, “Autumn moon on Dongting Lake ”, “Invading wild geese” and “Evening snow on the river”. - This pair of screens was shown in 1939 at the exhibition of ancient Japanese art in Berlin.