Kano Motonobu

Japanese · 1476–1559

He was a member of the Kanō school of painting.

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life: 1476–1559life
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Flowers and Birds in a Spring Landscape

Kano Motonobu · The Cleveland Museum of Art

Flowers and Birds in a Spring Landscape

Kano Motonobu · The Cleveland Museum of Art

Flowers and Birds in a Spring Landscape

Kano Motonobu · The Cleveland Museum of Art

Who Kano Motonobu was

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 (1603–1868). After his death, he was referred to as Kohōgen (古法眼).

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