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*''Born: [[1679]]''
 
*''Born: [[1679]]''
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*''Died: [[1767]]''
 
*''Japanese'': [[木村]] 探元 ''(Kimura Tangen)''
 
*''Japanese'': [[木村]] 探元 ''(Kimura Tangen)''
    
Kimura Tangen was a notable painter of the [[Edo period]].
 
Kimura Tangen was a notable painter of the [[Edo period]].
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Born in [[Kagoshima]] City in [[1679]], he traveled to [[Edo]] at the age of 25, where he studied painting under [[Kano Tanshin|Kanô Tanshin]].
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Born in [[Kagoshima]] City in [[1679]], he traveled to [[Edo]] in [[1703]], at the age of 25, where he studied painting under [[Kano Tanshin|Kanô Tanshin]]. He returned to Kagoshima two years later, and became a court painter for the [[Shimazu clan]] lords of [[Satsuma han]]. He was later invited to [[Kyoto]] to produce works for the [[Konoe family]], and was eventually granted the honorary Buddhist title of ''hôkyô'' ("Bridge of the Law").
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Among his notable works were ''[[fusuma]]'' paintings for the decor of the ''[[honmaru]]'' palace of [[Kagoshima castle]], and for a mansion of the [[Konoe family]].
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Among his notable works are ''[[fusuma]]'' paintings for the decor of the ''[[honmaru]]'' palace of [[Kagoshima castle]], and for a mansion of the Konoe family, as well as a portrait of [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] scholar-official [[Tei Junsoku]].
    
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==References==
 
==References==
*Plaque at the site of Kimura's birthplace in Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/19660515712/in/photostream/]
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*Plaque at the site of Tangen's birthplace in Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/19660515712/in/photostream/]
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*Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Kei, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 256.
    
[[Category:Edo Period]]
 
[[Category:Edo Period]]
 
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
 
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
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