Drache | Kanō Tanyū 狩野探幽 | 1602-1674 material:silk This painting could therefore also

This painting could therefore also be part of a diptych

He was a student of Mori Tetsuzan

The "Golden Pavilion

The Meiji period began in 1868

For the painter

Drache | Kanō Tanyū 狩野探幽 | 1602-1674 material:silk This painting could therefore alsoKan Tany began a new chapter in Japanese art history. He was born almost exactly at the beginning of the Edo period (1603 1867). In this period, neither the court nor the military aristocracy were leading in culture, but rather city dwellers with merchants and craftsmen increasingly determined the aesthetics in the arts. Since Tany, the Kan school, which was the most important painting institution in Japan for centuries, cultivated various styles,