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Kishi GankuWW-1800-162691

1800·painting technique on silk, ink·depth: 15 cm, height: 7.5 cm, width: 64.5 cm

Rijksmuseum / Public Domain

Catalogue

Year: 1800
Medium: painting technique on silk, ink
Dimensions: depth: 15 cm, height: 7.5 cm, width: 64.5 cm
Collection: Rijksmuseum
Artist: Kishi Ganku

Artist

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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