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Artist IN KANO SCHOOL  -  ca. 1400–1900      

Artist in Kano School

Artist in Kano School ca. 1400–1900

Kano school was a leading art school of the Kano clan and some artists adopted into the clan. Along with the Tosa School, it was the official art school of the court and the ruleing classes of Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo eras.
Artists in the Kano schoo devided the pictures linto two planes, and later into a single plane. The sharp out lines and the boldness of the brushwork were especially characteristic. They specialized in the large scale decorative art on screens and sliding panels.

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Literature sources used for artist biographies:

• Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1732-X
• Lane, Richard, "Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print", Fribourg, 1978, ISBN 0-914427-54-7
• Laurance, P.Roberts, "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976
• Frances Blakemore "Who is Who in Modern Japanese Prints", John Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975. ISBN 0-8348-0101-9
• Annual CWAJ catalogs