Bamboo
Kishi GankuWW-1801-097808
Catalogue
- Year
- 1801
- Dimensions
- 178 × 376 cm (70 × 148 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- 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.
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Record
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- Kishi Ganku
- Year
- 1801
- Dimensions
- 178 × 376 cm (70 × 148 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1801-097808
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified