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Kanô Tan’yû (1602-74), the grandson of Eitoku (1543-90), was the first to serve as an official painter (J., <i>goyô eshi</i>) for the Tokugawa government. This portrait of Tan’yû is attributed to one of his best pupils, Momoda Ryûei (1647-98) and was passed down in one of the four Kanô lines to serve as official government painters, the Edo Kajibashi Kanô family, which claims its lineage to Tan'yû. This work is said to be a copy of the original, which was destroyed in a fire in 1806.
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ColBase
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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