was a

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painter also known as Kanō Heishiro. He was born in

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, and died in

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Biography

Sansetsu was apprenticed to

Kanō Sanraku was a Japanese painter also known as Kimura Heizō (his birth name), Shūri, Mitsuyori, and Sanraku. He was the sixth-generation member of the famous Kanō family of painters that served the Japanese shoguns. Sanraku's works combine the forceful ...

, married his daughter, and was adopted by him after the death of Sanraku's eldest son. Later, he became the leader of the

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. He was the father of

Kanō Einō Kanō Einō (, 1631–1697) was a Japanese painter of the sub-school of the Kanō school of painting. He became head of the Kyō-ganō upon the death of his father Kanō Sansetsu, and his grandfather was the Kyō-ganō's founder Kanō Sanraku. ...

Works

*''Dragon in the clouds'', hanging scroll, ink on paper. *''Huang Chuping'', hanging scroll, ink on paper. *''Laozi'', one of a pair of six-panel folding screens, ink on paper. *''Mount Fuji'', hanging scroll, ink and gold on paper. *''The old plum'' ca. 1645, four sliding door panels (

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), ink, color, gold leaf on paper. *''Seabirds on a winter coast'', screen, color,

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, and gold on paper. collection hosotsugi, Kyoto. *''The ten snow incidents'', one of a pair of six-panel folding screens, ink and light color on paper. *''Transcendent'', hanging scroll, ink on paper. *''Two chickens on thatched roof'', hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper. *''Xiwangmu (Seiobo), the Queen Mother of the West and Mu Wang (Bokuo)'', one of a pair of six-panel folding screens, ink on paper.

Gallery

File:Kan%C5%8D_Sansetsu_-_Frolicking_Birds_in_Plum_and_Willow_Trees.jpg, ''Frolicking Birds in Plum and Willow Trees'', painted on four sliding doors, originally for a room at

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temple in

. 1631. Important Cultural Property. File:老梅図襖-Old Plum MET DT229.jpg, ''The Old Plum'', painted on four sliding doors, originally for a room at Myōshin-ji temple in Kyoto. 1646. File:Tiger Drinking from a Raging River LACMA M.2010.34 (1 of 4).jpg, ''Tiger Drinking from a Raging River''. Circa 1640. File:Tsunagiumazu-ema.jpg, ''Bridled Horse'', painted on a wooden ''

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'' tablet. 1632. File:Kanzan,Jittoku-zu.jpg, '' Han Shan and Shi De''. Early 1600s. Important Cultural Property File:Kano Sansetsu - Winter Landscape - 36.100.61 - Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg, ''Winter Landscape''. 1615–1651. File:Yoshimizu-Shrine Indoors of shoin 1.jpg, Cranes on sliding doors at

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File:Chogonka Emaki by Kano Sansetsu.jpg, Scene from the poem '' Chang Hen Ge'' by ''

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'' (772–846). File:Syōkyō-zu 1.jpg, ''Owl on the Pine and Chicken on the Bamboo'', owl section. Early 1600s. ;Folding screens File:Settei Suikin-zu-Byōbu(left panel).jpg, ''Waterfowl of the Winter Beach''. Folding screen, left panel. 1629. Important Cultural Property File:Settei Suikin-zu-Byōbu(right panel).jpg, ''Waterfowl of the Winter Beach''. Folding screen, right panel. 1629. Important Cultural Property File:Screen pair 1 of 2, Wang Ziyou Visiting Dai Andao, Kano Sansetsu, Japan, Edo period, mid 1600s, ink and gold on paper - Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University - DSC01132.jpg, ''Wang Ziyou Visiting Dai Andao'', ink painting on a

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. Mid 1600s. File:Screen pair 2 of 2, A Monk Claps His Hands, Kano Sansetsu, Japan, Edo period, mid 1600s, ink and gold on paper - Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University - DSC01134.jpg, ''A Monk Claps His Hands'', ink painting on a folding screen. Mid 1600s. ;Chinese figure portraits File:Great Confucian Figures - Painting of Kongzi by Kanō Sansetsu.jpg, ''

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''. 1632. File:Great Confucian Figures - Painting of Mengzi by Kanō Sansetsu.jpg, '' Mengzi''. 1632. File:Great Confucian Figures - Painting of Yanzi by Kanō Sansetsu.jpg, '' Yanzi''. 1632. File:Great Confucian Figures - Painting of Emperor Yao by Kanō Sansetsu.jpg, ''

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''. 1632. File:Painting of King Wen of Zhou by Kanō Sansetsu.jpg, ''

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''. 1632. File:Painting of the Duke of Zhou by Kanō Sansetsu.jpg, '' The Duke of Zhou''. 1632.

References

External links

Bridge of dreams: the Mary Griggs Burke collection of Japanese art
a catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on this artist (see index)
The Old Plum
Metropolitan Museum of Art {{DEFAULTSORT:Kano, Sansetsu 1589 births 1651 deaths Artists from Saga Prefecture 16th-century Japanese people 16th-century Japanese artists 16th-century Japanese painters 17th-century Japanese painters Kanō school