Description
Kanō Masanobu, founder of the Kanō school, created this pair of winter landscapes. One scene depicts a scholar while the other portrays a gentleman, both representing the ideal Chinese of Japanese literati in the Muromachi period (1336–1573). The neat and refined landscapes also reflect Chinese aesthetics. They reference the style of Ma Yuan, a court painter living in the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279).
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ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
July 20, 2026