Kanō Tan'yū

In this Japanese name, the surname is Kanō.

Kanō Tan'yū
Portrait of the artist, attributed to pupil Momoda Ryūei
Born(1602-03-04)4 March 1602
Died4 November 1674(1674-11-04) (aged 72)
MovementKanō school

Kanō Tan'yū (狩野 探幽; Japanese pronunciation: [ka.noː (|) ta(ꜜ)ɰ̃.jɯː], 4 March 1602 – 4 November 1674) was a Japanese painter of the Kanō school. One of the foremost Kanō painters of the Tokugawa period, many of the best known Kanō works today are by Tan'yū.

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