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Kanō Hōgai

Lions is catalogued and held by The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Shakamuni Descending from the Mountain is catalogued and held by Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Cranes and Pine Trees in a Landscape is catalogued and held by Princeton Art Museum.

Also recorded as Shōkai · Kōrin · Shōrin · Hogai Kano

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Portrait of Kano Hogai (狩野芳崖, 1828 – 1888)

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Biography

Kanō Hōgai was born in 1828 at Chōfu. Hōgai died in 1888 at Japan. Kanō Hōgai was recorded as painter.

Kanō Hōgai is recorded as painter.

Training under Kanō Shōsen'in is recorded. Kanzan Shimomura is recorded as having studied under Kanō Hōgai. The recorded working language is Japanese and English.

Employment is recorded with Chōfu Domain.

Works named in the authority record are Two Dragons in Clouds.

Work by Kanō Hōgai is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Historical Museum of Bern.

(Artist) Kanō Hōgai; Japan; Meiji Era, 1883; Ink, color and gold on silk; Gift of Charles Lang Freer, and previously owned by Siegfried Bing, Ernest Francisco Fenellosa, and Charles Lang Freer.

(Artist) Kanō Hōgai; Japan; Meiji Era, 1883; Ink, color and gold on silk; Gift of Charles Lang Freer, and previously owned by Siegfried Bing, Ernest Francisco Fenellosa, and Charles Lang Freer.

Kanō Hōgai 狩野芳崖

(Artist) Kanō Hōgai; Japan; Meiji Era, c. 1887; Panel, Ink on paper; w62.4 x 137.9 cm; Fenollosa Ward Collection

(Artist) Kanō Hōgai; Japan; Meiji Era, c. 1887; Panel, Ink on paper; w62.4 x 137.9 cm; Fenollosa Ward Collection

Kanō Hōgai 狩野芳崖

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Life and career

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  1. 1828

    Life

    Kanō Hōgai was born in 1828 at Chōfu.

  2. 1882

    Institution

    Landscape with cliff, dated 1882, held by Yale University Art Gallery.

  3. 1883

    Travel

    Su Shi's "Ode to His Second Visit to the Red Cliff", dated 1883, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art.

  4. 1883

    Travel

    Su Shi's "Ode to His Second Visit to the Red Cliff" (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

  5. 1885

    Institution

    Landscape Scenes Along the River, dated 1885, held by Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

  6. 1885

    Institution

    Two Dragons in Clouds, dated 1885, held by Philadelphia Museum of Art.

  7. 1885

    Institution

    Two Dragons in Clouds (Philadelphia Museum of Art).

  8. 1886

    Institution

    Nio(Buddhistguardian) Seizing an Evil Spirit, dated 1886, held by The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.

  9. 1887

    Institution

    Acalanatha, dated 1887, held by The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts.

  10. 1888

    Life

    Kanō Hōgai died in 1888 at Japan.

  11. 1888

    Institution

    Avalokitesvara as a Merciful Mother, dated 1888, held by The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts.

The full dated record · 11 entries

  1. 1828

    Kanō Hōgai was born in 1828 at Chōfu.

  2. 1882

    Landscape with cliff, dated 1882, held by Yale University Art Gallery.

  3. 1883

    Su Shi's "Ode to His Second Visit to the Red Cliff", dated 1883, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art.

  4. 1883

    Su Shi's "Ode to His Second Visit to the Red Cliff" (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

  5. 1885

    Landscape Scenes Along the River, dated 1885, held by Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

  6. 1885

    Two Dragons in Clouds, dated 1885, held by Philadelphia Museum of Art.

  7. 1885

    Two Dragons in Clouds (Philadelphia Museum of Art).

  8. 1886

    Nio(Buddhistguardian) Seizing an Evil Spirit, dated 1886, held by The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.

  9. 1887

    Acalanatha, dated 1887, held by The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts.

  10. 1888

    Kanō Hōgai died in 1888 at Japan.

  11. 1888

    Avalokitesvara as a Merciful Mother, dated 1888, held by The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts.

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  • Chōfu

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Those registers additionally record the forms Kan̄o Hōgai, Morokuzu, Shōkai, 狩野芳崖, Kōtarō and Shōrin.

He trained under Kanō Shōsen'in.

Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

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