Kanô’s work is defined by its japanese (culture or style) sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
The Poet Du Fu Riding a Donkey
Kano Shigenobu Japanese, active about 1620–40
Ink Landscape
Attributed to Kano Motonobu Japanese, 1476-1559
Shôki the Demon Queller, from an album of paintings of Shôki, Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist unknown Japanese
Mount Hôrai
Kano Isen'in Japanese, 1775-1828
The Four Accomplishments
Kano Tsunenobu Japanese, 1636-1713
The Actors Segawa Kikujiro I as Oshichi and Sanjo Kantaro II as Kichisaburo in the play "Shochikubai Kongen Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third month, 1732
Nishimura Shigenobu Japanese, active c. 1723-47
Beauty Carrying a Wedding Decoration
Sketch for Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama no shugetsu), from the series "Eight Views in Omi Province (Omi hakkei)"
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) Japanese, 1826–1869
A Picture of Prosperity: America (Amerika shin no zu)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) Japanese, 1826-1869
A Flower Vendor
Nishimura Shigenobu (Japanese, active c. 1723-47)
Monkey Trainers and Scenes of Chinese Life
Kano Yasunobu Japanese, 1613-1685
Fei Jiang-fang with a Crane
Snowy Landscape
Landsape with Waterfall
Tsuten-kyo Bridge, Tofuku Temple, Kyoto (Kyoto Tofukuji Tsutenkyo bashi) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”
Image of a Whale Hunt at Goto, Hizen Province (Hizen Goto geiryo no zu), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”
Ono no Komachi, from A Set of Three Beauties (Bijin sanpukutsui)
Actual View of Kata Bay, Kishu Province (Kishu kata no ura shinkei), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”
Hase Temple, Yamato Province (Yamato Hasedera) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”