Shuhanron Emaki
Kanō Motonobu
Kano Motonobu
Japanese · 1476–1559
Kanō Motonobu was a Japanese painter and calligrapher. He was a member of the Kanō school of painting. Through his political connections, patronage, organization, and influence he was able to make the Kanō school into what it is today. The system was responsible for the training of a great majority of painters throughout the Edo period. After his death, he was referred to as Kohōgen (古法眼).
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Shuhanron Emaki
Kanō Motonobu
Tokyo National Museum
Flowers and Birds in a Spring Landscape
Kano Motonobu
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Works worth knowing
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Shuhanron Emaki
Kanō Motonobu
Tokyo National Museum
The Scroll on the Comparative Merits of Sake and Rice is a Japanese emaki dating from the 16th century, of which several versions or copies survive. The work recounts a quarrel during a banquet among three characters about the superiority of rice, sake, and diversity. It serves as a valuable iconographic document on cuisine and table manners in Japan during the Muromachi period.
Flowers and Birds in a Spring Landscape
Kano Motonobu
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Kanō Motonobu (狩野 元信; August 28, 1476, November 5, 1559) was a Japanese painter and calligrapher. He was a member of the Kanō school of painting. Through his political connections, patronage, organization, and influence he was able to make the Kanō school into what it is today.
How Kano Motonobu worked
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Motonobu was known for his Chinese monochromatic style and characteristic brushwork, pioneering the suiboku-ga (sumi-e) painting style in Japan. The forms were organic, natural, and full of drama. Motonobu's commissions were generally designed for in the home of the samurai warrior class, focusing on fusuma and byōbu. His sumi-e style paintings are reported to take inspiration from three distinct Chinese masters of the sumi-e technique, Mu-ch'i Fa-ch'ang, Hsia Kuei, and Yü Chien (c. However, he was versatile in his painting and was able to produce landscapes, scenery, and figures of bold decorative patterns.
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