(11) Kano Tan'yu
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(11) Kano Tan'yu
(b Kyoto, 1602; d Edo [now Tokyo], 1674). Grandson of (5) Kano Eitoku. He was the foremost Kano school painter of the early Edo period (1600-1868), known for a spare, elegant painting style that appealed to the tastes of the Tokugawa military government, throughout whose rule Tan'yu and his followers prevailed as the academic mainstream of official painting.
Part of the Kano family
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