Kano Tan’yū

Japanese · 1602–1674

Kanō school

One of the foremost Kanō painters of the Tokugawa period, many of the best known Kanō works today are by Tan'yū.

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Who Kano Tan’yū was

Kanō Tan'yū was a Japanese painter of the Kanō school. One of the foremost Kanō painters of the Tokugawa period, many of the best known Kanō works today are by Tan'yū.

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