Tijger

Tijger

Kishi GankuWW-1800-162690
1800·painting technique on ink, silk·height: 109.7 cm, width: 53.7 cm, height: 208 cm, width: 67 cm, depth: 8 cm, width: 74.5 cm, height: 7 cm

Rijksmuseum / Public Domain

Catalogue

Year
1800
Dimensions
height: 109.7 cm, width: 53.7 cm, height: 208 cm, width: 67 cm, depth: 8 cm, width: 74.5 cm, height: 7 cm
Collection
Rijksmuseum

Artist

Kishi Ganku
Kishi Ganku

Painting

Ganku 岸駒, or more formally Kishi Ku, was a leading Japanese painter of Kyoto and founder of the Kishi school of painting. He is famous for his paintings of tigers. Ganku was born in Kanazawa as Kishi Saeki, studied painting styles including those of Chinese painter Shen Nanpin (沈南蘋) and the Maruyama-Shijō school, and arrived in Kyoto around 1780.

Kanazawa, Japan

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Year
1800
Dimensions
height: 109.7 cm, width: 53.7 cm, height: 208 cm, width: 67 cm, depth: 8 cm, width: 74.5 cm, height: 7 cm
Watts ID
WW-1800-162690

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Collection
Rijksmuseum
Source
rijksmuseum
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Artist

Kishi Ganku

Kishi Ganku

Painting

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