Lot 314
Kano Tanshin (Morimasa, 1653-1718), Dragon and Tiger, Edo Period, 17th/18th Century
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Kano Tanshin was the eldest son of Kano Tan'yu (1602-1674), who was one of the last of the 'three famous brushes' of the Kano school, a school of painting that dominated from the late 15th century until the Meiji period. Kano Tanshin became the second generation head of the Kajibashi branch after 1674. Although a member of the Kano school, Morimasa was known for his stylistic similarities to the competing Tosa school, which was primarily derived from ancient Japanese art as opposed to the Chinese-influenced Kano school.