Kanō Yasunobu

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Kanō Yasunobu:
Taira no Atsumori

Kanō Yasunobu ( Japanese 狩 野 安 信 , actual name Kanō Genshirō ( 源 四郎 ) or Shirojirō ( 四郎 次郎 ); born January 10, 1614 in Kyoto ; died October 1, 1685 ) was a Japanese painter of the early Edo period and founder of the Nakabayashi branch of the Kanō School in Edo .

life and work

Yasunobu was the third son of Kanō Takanobu , who died when he was a child. He studied painting under Kanō Kōi and under his older brother Tan'yū . He first worked in Kyoto, then moved in the Kan'ei period (1624-1644), as did Tan'yū to Edo , who founded the Kajibashi branch of the family there. Yasunobu received a residence at the Nakabashi from the Tokugawa Shogunate and established a Nakabashi branch in Edo. He became the official court painter ( Goyō-eshi ) of the Shōgun.

In 1623, Yasunobu was adopted by Kanō Sadanobu . This made the Nakabashi line the main line ( 本家 , Honke ) of the Kanō school from this time on. He participated in the screen and wall paintings ( 障 壁画 , Shōheki-ga ) within the imperial palace in Kyōto during the Kan'ei, Shōō (1652–1654), Kambun (1661–1672) and Empō ( 1673–1680), when structures like the Shishinden ( 紫宸 殿 ) and others were built. In 1662 he received the honorary title "Hogen".

Yasunobu is generally not as highly valued as its older brothers Tan'yū and Naonobu , but is still considered noteworthy. He died in Edo at the age of 72 and was buried in Hommon-ji in Ikegami on the outskirts of Edo.

His best-known works are his wall paintings in Gyokurin-in ( 玉林 院 ), a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji in Kyoto.

photos

  • Control screen "Bamboo and Tiger", left

  • "Pine, crane" screen, left

  • "Pine, crane" screen, right

Remarks

  1. ↑ Taira no Atsumori ( 平 敦 盛 ; 1169–1184) is known for his untimely death in the battle of Ichi-no-Tani .
  2. ↑ Hōgen ( 法眼 ) is a rank originally awarded among the Buddhist priests, which was later awarded to scholars and artists.

literature

  • Tazawa, Yutaka: Kanō Yasunobu . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .
  • Laurance P. Roberts: Yasunobu . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Weatherhill, 1976. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .

Web links

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Kanō is the family name, Yasunobu the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Kanō, Yasunobu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 狩 野 安 信 (Japanese); Kanō, Genshirō (real name); 狩 野 源 四郎 (real name, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1614
PLACE OF BIRTH Kyoto
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 1685
Place of death Edo
  1. ↑ In the possession of Jōfuku-ji.
  2. ↑ a b Owned by the Idemitsu Art Museum .