Kanō Sanraku
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| Birth name | Kimura Heizō[1][2] |
| Born | 1559[1][3] Shiga Prefecture, Japan[3] |
| Died | 1635[1][3] Kyoto, Japan[3] |
| Nationality | Japanese[2] |
Kanō Sanraku (狩野 山楽? 1559 - 1635) was a Japanese painter also known as Kimura Heizō, Shūri, Mitsuyori, and Sanraku.[2]
His father was the painter Kimura Nagamitsu[1] who flourished circa 1570.[3]
Sanraku worked for Toyotomi Hideyoshi[1] in the 1570s[3], which lead to him studying under and being adopted by Kanō Eitoku[1][3]. Sanraku was the half-sibling and teacher of Kanō Sansetsu[3], and became Eitoku's son-in-law and later the head of the Kanō school[1].
His patrons included Tokugawa Hidetada.[1]
[edit] Works
- The three laughing men of the valley of the tiger, screen, color, India ink, and gold on paper. Tokyo National Museum.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Hetl-Kuntze, H. (1969). in Hans L. C. Jaffé: Far Eastern Art, Translated by German Erich Wolf, The Dolphin history of painting, London: Thames and Hudson, p. 117.
- ^ a b c Kanō Sanraku (Japanese painter, 1559-1635). Union list of artist names online. J. Paul Getty Trust (2004). Retrieved on 2007-11-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Kano Sanraku. The concise Grove dictionary of art. Oxford University Press (2002). Retrieved on 2007-11-14.
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