Painting of the realm
Subtitle: the Kano house of painters in seventeenth-century Japan
By: Yukio Lippit
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780295991542
Subjects: Kanō School; Japanese Painting
Description: "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 in defining Japanese painting."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The heirloom painting; title: House manners; title: The modal album; title: The surrogate signature; title: Painting of the realm.