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Kanō Sanraku

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1559–1635 Also known as Kanō Sanraku、狩野山乐、山乐、Sanraku

Kanō Sanraku (1559–1635) was a Japanese painter of the Azuchi-Momoyama to early Edo period, adopted son of Kanō Eitoku, who inherited the Kanō school…

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  1. 1575–1590Kyoto · Kyoto PrefectureKanō Sanraku was adopted by Kanō Eitoku, learned Kanō school painting methods, and from the 1580s participated in producing wall paintings for castles and temples.
  2. 1590–1635Kyoto · Kyoto PrefectureHe successively served Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, directed wall paintings at Nijō Castle and elsewhere in the 1610s, trained successors such as Kanō Sansetsu, and established the pattern of the official painting school of the early Edo period.

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