Painting of the realm : the Kano house of painters in 17th-century Japan /
Explores the 17th-century consolidation of Japanese painting style by the Kanō artistic house, based on knowledge brought back from China by the monk-painter Sesshü and intertwined with native Japanese practices. Presents key factors in establishing the orthodoxy of the Kanō painters and their role...
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
[2012]
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Table of Contents:
- The heirloom painting
- House manners
- The modal album
- The surrogate signature
- Painting of the realm.