Japanese Screen Painting, Early 19th Century, Autumn Flowers by Sakai Hoitsu
Located in Kyoto, JP
As was common during the Edo period, Hoitsu began his study of painting with the officially sanctioned Kano school, later receiving influence from and instruction in the contemporary...
Wood, Silk
'The Bath' — Meji Era Cross-Cultural Woman Artist
By Helen Hyde
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
For over three years, she studied classical Japanese ink painting with the ninth and last master of the great Kano school of painters, Kano Tomonobu. She also studied with Emil Orlik...
Woodcut
Japanese Nihonga Painting 19th c Edo Scroll by Seiki Yokoyama Landscape Shijo
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
The Kanō and Tosa schools had become bywords for rigid formalism by this time.
Silk
Antique Japanese Hanging Scroll Attributed to Iwasa Matabei
Located in Atlanta, GA
Iwasa Matabei (1578-1650) was a Japanese painter of the early Edo period (1603–1868). Trained in both Kano and Tosa school, the individualistic and versatile painter became an heir t...
Silk, Paper
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