Kanō Einō (, 1631–1697) was a Japanese painter of the sub-school of the

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of painting. He became head of the Kyō-ganō upon the death of his father

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, and his grandfather was the Kyō-ganō's founder

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. Einō compiled the ''Honchō Gashi'' (, "Japanese painting history"), the earliest serious art-historical work in Japan.

Life and career

Einō was born in Kyoto 1631 (

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8) to

and the daughter of

, Take (). His father succeeded Sanraku as head of the sub-school of Kanō artists who remained in Kyoto after the school relocated to

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(modern Tokyo) to paint for the

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. Einō learned painting from his father and inherited the position of head of the Kyō-gano on his father's death in 1651. More than as a painter Einō is remembered as editor of the ''

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'' (, "Japanese painting history"). The work is considered the earliest serious art-historical work in Japan and has been a fundamental source for researchers. It provides biographies of over 400 artists from as far back as ancient Japan. Einō completed the ''Honchō Gashi'' probably by 1678; a shortened version appeared in 1691 in five woodblock-printed volumes entitled ''Honchō Gaden'' (, "Japanese painting traditions"), and the full work was published in 1693. Einō likely reworked material for this book his father had compiled earlier in the century, though the earlier work is only known to have covered a quarter of the artists who appeared in the ''Honchō Gashi''. Shunka kachō-zu Byōbu by Kanō Einō (left panel).jpg Shunka kachō-zu Byōbu by Kanō Einō (right panel).jpg

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kano, Eino 1631 births 1697 deaths 17th-century Japanese painters Kanō school

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