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Kanô Shunko was a [[Kano school|Kanô school]] painter and student of [[Kano Shunsetsu|Kanô Shunsetsu]]. | Kanô Shunko was a [[Kano school|Kanô school]] painter and student of [[Kano Shunsetsu|Kanô Shunsetsu]]. | ||
| − | A native of [[Shinano province]], he came to serve as guardian for Shunsetsu's son [[Kano Shunsho|Kanô Shunshô]]<!--春笑-->. He was permitted to take the name "Kanô," and began his own branch family, the Inari-bashi Kanô. | + | A native of [[Shinano province]], he came to serve as guardian for Shunsetsu's son [[Kano Shunsho|Kanô Shunshô]]<!--春笑-->. He was permitted to take the name "Kanô," and began his own branch family, the Inari-bashi Kanô. Shunko was also employed for a time as official court painter to [[Tokugawa Ienobu|Tokugawa Tsunatoyo]], lord of [[Kofu han|Kôfu han]] (Tsunatoyo would later become Shogun under the name Tokugawa Ienobu), and it was while in that position, in [[1694]], that he was first ordered to produce a series of works by [[Arai Hakuseki]]. This series was a collection of depictions of [[bird and flower painting|birds and flowers]] and other objects, commissioned on the occasion of Hakuseki having been invited to give a formal lecture to Tsunatoyo. The collection, known as ''shikyôzu'' ("Images of Poems and Sutras") is today in the collection of the [[Imperial Household Agency]].<ref name=yoko>Yokoyama Manabu, ''Ryûkyûkoku shisetsu tôjô gyôretsu emaki wo yomu'', in Kurushima Hiroshi (ed.), ''Egakareta gyôretsu'' (University of Tokyo Press, 2015), 168-169.</ref> |
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| + | Continuing to work for Hakuseki in later years,<ref>British Museum gallery label.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/20702845859/in/photostream/]</ref> he produced a number of official paintings for the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. Among these were a ''[[Ryukyuan embassy|Ryûkyû Edo Nobori]]'' handscroll depicting the [[1710]] Ryukyuan embassy procession to/in [[Edo]], today in the collection of the British Museum.[http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=788262&partid=1&output=Terms%2F!!%2FOR%2F!!%2F1205%2F!%2F%2F!%2Fambassador%2F!%2F%2F!!%2F%2F!!!%2F&orig=%2Fresearch%2Fsearch_the_collection_database%2Fadvanced_search.aspx¤tPage=2&numpages=10], and a [[byobu|folding screen]] painting depicting the [[1711]] [[Korean embassy to Edo]].<ref name=yoko/> | ||
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| + | Shunko died in [[1726]] and was succeeded as head of the Inaribashi Kanô by [[Kano Shunga|Kanô Shunga]]; the school would end with Shunga, however.<ref>Yokoyama, 190n9.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 21:23, 9 August 2016
Kanô Shunko was a Kanô school painter and student of Kanô Shunsetsu.
A native of Shinano province, he came to serve as guardian for Shunsetsu's son Kanô Shunshô. He was permitted to take the name "Kanô," and began his own branch family, the Inari-bashi Kanô. Shunko was also employed for a time as official court painter to Tokugawa Tsunatoyo, lord of Kôfu han (Tsunatoyo would later become Shogun under the name Tokugawa Ienobu), and it was while in that position, in 1694, that he was first ordered to produce a series of works by Arai Hakuseki. This series was a collection of depictions of birds and flowers and other objects, commissioned on the occasion of Hakuseki having been invited to give a formal lecture to Tsunatoyo. The collection, known as shikyôzu ("Images of Poems and Sutras") is today in the collection of the Imperial Household Agency.[1]
Continuing to work for Hakuseki in later years,[2] he produced a number of official paintings for the Tokugawa shogunate. Among these were a Ryûkyû Edo Nobori handscroll depicting the 1710 Ryukyuan embassy procession to/in Edo, today in the collection of the British Museum.[2], and a folding screen painting depicting the 1711 Korean embassy to Edo.[1]
Shunko died in 1726 and was succeeded as head of the Inaribashi Kanô by Kanô Shunga; the school would end with Shunga, however.[3]
References
- "Kanô Shunko." Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten デジタル版 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009.
