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was a Japanese painter. He was the son of
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kano Tanshin 1653 births 1718 deaths 17th-century Japanese painters 18th-century Japanese painters Kanō school
was a Japanese painter. He was the son of 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 ...
by his second wife, and led the Kajibashi branch 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 ...
after 1674. Stylistically he was known for his Tosa-like (of the competing Tosa school
of Japanese painting was founded in the early Muromachi period (14th–15th centuries),,p.988 and was devoted to ''yamato-e'', paintings specializing in subject matter and techniques derived from ancient Japanese art, as opposed to schools influe ...
), but more so his slight breaking away from the copycatting style of Kanō school masters that became a large critical argument in the rebellious anti-Kanō school movement of late Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characte ...
. Parallel anti-Kanō school artist Hanabusa Itchō
was a Japanese painter, calligrapher, and haiku poet. He originally trained in the Kanō style, under Kanō Yasunobu, but ultimately rejected that style and became a literati (''bunjin''). He was also known as Hishikawa Waō and by a number ...
commended Tanshin on having "rare talent" derived from his ability to apply nature as a model. Itchō asserts Tanshin became a true artist by capturing the spirit of the bamboo to convey an idea.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kano Tanshin 1653 births 1718 deaths 17th-century Japanese painters 18th-century Japanese painters Kanō school