狩野常信筆　滝見業平図|Nunobiki Waterfall, Mount Yoshino, and Tatsuta River

Kano Tsunenobu

after 1709 · Triptych of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk · Asian Art

The paintings form a triptych depicting three of Japan’s most celebrated “famous sites” (meisho), each illustrating an episode made famous in the tenth‑century Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari). The painting corpus of Tsunenobu, a nephew and pupil of Kano Tan’yū (1602–1674), shows how Kano artists’ determined efforts to incorporate traditional subjects and blend the style of yamato‑e (indigenous Japanese painting) into their primarily Chinese‑based oeuvre.

Artist

Kano Tsunenobu

Date

after 1709

Medium

Triptych of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015