Kanō Masanobu

Visual Artist

1434 – 1530

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Who was Kanō Masanobu?

Kanō Masanobu was the chief painter of the Ashikaga shogunate and is generally considered the founder of the Kanō school of painting which is the most influential in Japanese history with a 400 year dominance that is peerless in world history. Kano Masanobu specialized in Zen paintings as well as elaborate paintings of Buddhist deities and Bodhisattvas.

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Born
1434
Nationality
  • Japan
Died
Aug 2, 1530

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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