Drache | Kanō Tanyū 狩野探幽 | 1602-1674 material:silk whose finely structured dark pink

whose finely structured dark pink center lies neither on the horizontal nor the vertical central axis of the circle

This painting could therefore also be part of a diptych

He was a student of Mori Tetsuzan

the strong effect of the iconographically attested red robe had to be replaced by an intense ink black

For the painter

Drache | Kanō Tanyū 狩野探幽 | 1602-1674 material:silk whose finely structured dark pinkKan Tany began a new chapter in Japanese art history. He was born almost exactly at the beginning of the Edo period (1603 1867). In this period, neither the court nor the military aristocracy were leading in culture, but rather city dwellers with merchants and craftsmen increasingly determined the aesthetics in the arts. Since Tany, the Kan school, which was the most important painting institution in Japan for centuries, cultivated various styles,