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*''Born: [[1561]]''
*''Died: [[1608]]''
*''Sons: ''
*''Distinction: [[Kano school|Kanô school]] painter''
*''Japanese'': [[狩野]]光信 ''(Kanou Mitsunobu)''
Kanô Mitsunobu was a son of [[Kano Eitoku|Kanô Eitoku]], and head of the [[Kano school|Kanô school]] following Eitoku's death.
He trained under his father throughout his early career, and was designated his successor in [[1571]]. He worked alongside Eitoku on the paintings for the interiors of [[Azuchi castle]] for [[Oda Nobunaga]] in the late 1570s, and on paintings at the [[Kyoto Gosho|Imperial Palace]], [[Jurakudai]], and [[Osaka castle]] in the 1580s, commissions from [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]].
Following Eitoku's death and Mitsunobu's succession to the head of the Kanô school, the school continued to be patronized by Hideyoshi, though many commissions began to go to [[Hasegawa Tohaku|Hasegawa Tôhaku]], and to [[Kano Sanraku|Kanô Sanraku]], who had distanced himself somewhat from Mitsunobu and the core branch of the school.
Mitsunobu's style is described as being less monumental and powerful than his father's, with a flatter feel, and greater emphasis on detail and elegant portrayals of [[bird and flower painting|birds and flowers]] and the four seasons. One of his more celebrated works was the decoration of the guest hall (''kyakuden'') at the Kangakuin at [[Onjoji|Onjôji]], a structure commissioned by [[Toyotomi Hideyori]] in [[1600]]. Unlike his father's compositions, which might be argued to attempt to create the impression of an extension of the space into a natural scene, Mitsunobu's emphasizes the layout of the room and the artificiality of its segmentation, with separate compositions on different ''fusuma'' panels.
Late in his life, Mitsunobu came to undertake many commissions from the [[Tokugawa clan]], which required him to make frequent journeys to [[Edo]] from his home and base of operations in [[Kyoto]]. He died in 1608, while returning from one of these journeys.
==References==
*Mason, Penelope. History of Japanese Art. Second Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. pp257-258.
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
*''Died: [[1608]]''
*''Sons: ''
*''Distinction: [[Kano school|Kanô school]] painter''
*''Japanese'': [[狩野]]光信 ''(Kanou Mitsunobu)''
Kanô Mitsunobu was a son of [[Kano Eitoku|Kanô Eitoku]], and head of the [[Kano school|Kanô school]] following Eitoku's death.
He trained under his father throughout his early career, and was designated his successor in [[1571]]. He worked alongside Eitoku on the paintings for the interiors of [[Azuchi castle]] for [[Oda Nobunaga]] in the late 1570s, and on paintings at the [[Kyoto Gosho|Imperial Palace]], [[Jurakudai]], and [[Osaka castle]] in the 1580s, commissions from [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]].
Following Eitoku's death and Mitsunobu's succession to the head of the Kanô school, the school continued to be patronized by Hideyoshi, though many commissions began to go to [[Hasegawa Tohaku|Hasegawa Tôhaku]], and to [[Kano Sanraku|Kanô Sanraku]], who had distanced himself somewhat from Mitsunobu and the core branch of the school.
Mitsunobu's style is described as being less monumental and powerful than his father's, with a flatter feel, and greater emphasis on detail and elegant portrayals of [[bird and flower painting|birds and flowers]] and the four seasons. One of his more celebrated works was the decoration of the guest hall (''kyakuden'') at the Kangakuin at [[Onjoji|Onjôji]], a structure commissioned by [[Toyotomi Hideyori]] in [[1600]]. Unlike his father's compositions, which might be argued to attempt to create the impression of an extension of the space into a natural scene, Mitsunobu's emphasizes the layout of the room and the artificiality of its segmentation, with separate compositions on different ''fusuma'' panels.
Late in his life, Mitsunobu came to undertake many commissions from the [[Tokugawa clan]], which required him to make frequent journeys to [[Edo]] from his home and base of operations in [[Kyoto]]. He died in 1608, while returning from one of these journeys.
==References==
*Mason, Penelope. History of Japanese Art. Second Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. pp257-258.
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]