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]].
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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. Working at times for shogunal advisor [[Arai Hakuseki]],<ref>British Museum gallery label.</ref> he produced a number of official paintings for the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]; among these was 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]
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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. Working at times for shogunal advisor [[Arai Hakuseki]],<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 was 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]