Ink Landscape

Kano MotonobuWW-1499-125077

1549·Hanging scroll, ink on paper·41.9 × 74.4 cm (16 1/2 × 29 5/16 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1549
Medium: Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Dimensions: 41.9 × 74.4 cm (16 1/2 × 29 5/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Kano Motonobu

Artist

Kano Motonobu

Painting

Kanō Motonobu was a Japanese painter and calligrapher. He was a member of the Kanō school of painting. Through his political connections, patronage, organization, and influence he was able to make the Kanō school into what it is today. The system was responsible for the training of a great majority of painters throughout the Edo period (1603–1868). After his death, he was referred to as Kohōgen (古法眼).

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