Kanō Tan'yū (1602 - 1674)
A Japanese hanging scroll painting, ink on silk, signed and sealed to the top right, together with an inscribed wood box
26cm x 44xm, total 100cm x 54cm
Provenance: Christie’s 12 Nov 2003
Kanō Tan'yū is a leading painter of the Kanō school and one of the most significant artists of the Tokugawa period.
In 1617 he was designated to be the official painter of the shogunate, and in 1620s and 1630s completed many prestigious commissions in the most important castles around the country.
Tan'yū painted herons and lotus on numerous occasions using the unforgiving and difficult medium of ink, operating with subtle fields of saturated colour with very little outline.
Kanō Tan'yū (1602 - 1674)
A Japanese hanging scroll painting, ink on silk, signed and sealed to the top right, together with an inscribed wood box
26cm x 44xm, total 100cm x 54cm
Provenance: Christie’s 12 Nov 2003
Kanō Tan'yū is a leading painter of the Kanō school and one of the most significant artists of the Tokugawa period.
In 1617 he was designated to be the official painter of the shogunate, and in 1620s and 1630s completed many prestigious commissions in the most important castles around the country.
Tan'yū painted herons and lotus on numerous occasions using the unforgiving and difficult medium of ink, operating with subtle fields of saturated colour with very little outline.
