Drache | Kanō Tanyū 狩野探幽 | 1602-1674 material:silk im British Museum in London

im British Museum in London

The "Golden Pavilion

are depicted with a concise

the strong effect of the iconographically attested red robe had to be replaced by an intense ink black

He was a student of Mori Tetsuzan

Drache | Kanō Tanyū 狩野探幽 | 1602-1674 material:silk im British Museum in LondonKan 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,