biography
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| lived:
| (1476–1559)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Kyoto, C Japan. He achieved a synthesis of kanga (ink painting in the Chinese style) with the lively colours of yamato-e (the Japanese style). Under him the Kano School established itself, artistically as well as socially, and became a virtual academy. His most famous works, originally in various sanctuaries and monasteries in Kyoto, now preserved in its National Museum, show the decorative treatment of nature, which became standard for the Kano School. |
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