Drache | Kanō Tanyū 狩野探幽 | 1602-1674 material:silk are depicted with a concise

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the strong effect of the iconographically attested red robe had to be replaced by an intense ink black

The Meiji period began in 1868

This very point reveals how little Mori Kansai cared about a "correctly realistic" veduta

Drache | Kanō Tanyū 狩野探幽 | 1602-1674 material:silk are depicted with a conciseKan Tany began a new chapter in Japanese art history. He was born almost exactly at the beginning of the Edo period (1603 1867). In this period, neither the court nor the military aristocracy were leading in culture, but rather city dwellers with merchants and craftsmen increasingly determined the aesthetics in the arts. Since Tany, the Kan school, which was the most important painting institution in Japan for centuries, cultivated various styles,