(b Kyoto, 1602; d Edo [now Tokyo], 1674). Grandson of (5) Kano Eitoku. He was the foremost Kano school painter of the early Edo period (1600–1868), known for a spare, elegant painting style that appealed to the tastes of the Tokugawa military government, throughout whose rule Tan’yu and his followers prevailed as the academic mainstream of official painting.

Part of the Kano family

• Kano Tan'yu
  • Japan, §VI, 4(i)(c): Late painting: Edo period
  • Japan, §XVIII, 2: Art training and education, before 1868
  • Kano
  • Kano: (3) Kano Shoei
  • Kano: (5) Kano Eitoku, §2: 1576–82
  • Kano: (13) Kano Yasunobu
  • Kyoto, §II, 1: Art life, 8th–12th centuries
  • Tokyo, §II, 1: Art life: Edo period
  • assistants
    • Kusumi Morikage
  • attributions
    • Kyoto, §IV, 4(ii): Nanzenji: Subtemples
  • collaboration
    • Kyoto, §IV, 5(ii): Daitokuji: Architecture and art works
    • Sumiyoshi: (1) Sumiyoshi Jokei
  • groups and movements
    • Kano school, §3: 1600–1868
  • patrons and collectors
    • Ishikawa Jozan
    • Japan, §XIX, 3: Patronage, 17th century–late 19th
  • pupils
    • Kano: (15) Kano Yukinobu
    • Maruyama Okyo, §1: Training and early works, c 1745–65
  • teachers
    • Kano: (9) Kano Koi
  • works
    • Japan, §II, 5: Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism
    • Japan, §II, 6: Bushido
    • Japan, §VII, 2(vi)(a): Literati calligraphy:
    • Japan, §VII, 2(vi)(c): Literati calligraphy: Founders of Karayo
    • Japan, §XXII, 3: Connoisseurship and historiography: Professional connoisseurship
    • Kano: (11) Kano Tan’yu, §1: Life and career
    • Kyoto, §I, 3: Urban development, mid-16th century–mid-19th
    • Kyoto, §IV, 4(i): Nanzenji: Main temple
    • Kyoto, §IV, 5(i): Daitokuji: Layout
    • Kyoto, §IV, 9: Nijo Castle
    • Kyoto, §IV, 10(i): Katsura Detached Palace: Architecture
    • Manpukuji, §3: Artistic and cultural influence