Kanō Sadanobu (, 22 May 1597 – 12 November 1623) was a Japanese painter of the

Kanō school The is one of the most famous schools of Japanese painting. The Kanō school of painting was the dominant style of painting from the late 15th century until the Meiji period which began in 1868, by which time the school had divided into many di ...

. He was the son of the

Kanō Mitsunobu Kanō Mitsunobu (, 1565–1608) was a son of Kanō Eitoku and an influential artist of the Kanō school of Japanese painting. Biography Scholars disagree on the year of Mitsunobu's birth, placing it in either 1561 or 1565. The earliest record of ...

, who lost a great deal of the main Kanō school's patronage and prestige. Sadanobu was Mitsunobu's only son and seventh head of the Kanō house descending directly from founded

Kanō Masanobu was a Japanese painter. He was the chief painter of the Ashikaga shogunate and is generally considered the founder of the Kanō school of painting. Kano Masanobu specialized in Zen paintings as well as elaborate paintings of Buddhist deities and ...

. It was the intention of Mitsunobu's brother, Kanō Takanobu, to have his son,

Kanō Tan'yū was a Japanese painter of the Kanō school. One of the foremost Kanō painters, many of the best known Kanō works today are by Tan'yū. Biography His original given name was Morinobu; he was the eldest son of Kanō Takanobu and grandson ...

, remain in Kyoto as designated heir to his father's sub-branch of the Kano school workshop. However, Tan'yū accepted the title of ''goyō eshi'' in 1617 and began to plan his atelier in Edo, most likely with the Tokugawa shōgun's approval. This moved Tan'yū's younger brother,

Kanō Naonobu Kanō Naonobu (, 25 November 1607 – 7 May 1650) was a Japanese painter of the Kanō school of painting during the early Edo period. He was the younger brother of Kanō Tan'yū, with whom he completed a number of prominent commissions ...

, up as to succeed the family workshop in Kyoto upon Takanobu's death. However, in 1630 the city of Edo was flourishing and Naonobu was also made ''goyō eshi'' and given his own parcel of land at Takegawachō in Edo, where he then built his residence and studio. The main Kanō-school workshop, led by Sandanobu by this time, remained in Kyoto, either by instruction of the ''shōgun'' or Sandanbou's own will. However, he had no brothers or children he could designate as heir by the time of his passing in 1623. As a result of Sadanobu leaving no heir, the Kyoto workshop fell into the hands of another Kanō Takanobu child,

Kanō Yasunobu Kanō Yasunobu (, 10 January 1614 – 1 October 1685) was a Japanese painter of the Kanō school of painting during the Edo period. He was the third son of Kanō Takanobu, who had been head of the school, and succeeded Kanō Sadanobu as ...

. Although Yasunobu was adopted into the main Kyoto house upon Sadanobu's death, sometime during 1624–1643 he too was appointed ''goyō eshi'' by Tokugawa and moved to Edo to build his workshop known as Nakabashi. However, Yasunobu did not give up his claim to headship of the main house in order to make his move and still considered his branch the main Kanō house. Kanô Sadanobu 2

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