Kanō Sanraku
Kanō Sanraku was recorded as painter.
Also recorded as Shūri · Kimura Heizō · Sanraku · Mitsuyori
Kano Sanraku · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund · CC0
Biography
The authorities additionally record the headings Shūri, Kimura Heizō, Sanraku, Mitsuyori and Sanraku Kanō.
Other recorded relations include Kanō Sansetsu and Kanō Eitoku.
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Kanō Sanraku is recorded as painter.
Training under Kanō Eitoku is recorded. Kanō Sansetsu is recorded as having studied under Kanō Sanraku.
Employment is recorded with Toyotomi clan.
Work by Kanō Sanraku is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art and Suntory Museum of Art.
Wild Geese, late 1500s-early 1600s, by Kanō Sanraku
Kano Sanraku · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Wild Geese, late 1500s-early 1600s, by Kanō Sanraku
Kano Sanraku · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Dated record
Life and career
Explore 1559–1649
The full dated record · 8 entries
1559
Kanō Sanraku born at Gamo district.
1600
Chinese Sages, dated 1600, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art.
1607
Wild Geese, dated 1607, held by Cleveland Museum of Art.
1607
Wild Geese (Cleveland Museum of Art).
1630
Jinshan Island and West Lake, dated 1630, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art.
1630
Jinshan Island and West Lake (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
1635
Kanō Sanraku died at Kyoto.
1649
Daruma (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
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Places
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- Kyoto
Named but not plotted · 1
Gamo district
Birth place
Primary material
Documents and archives
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 132560291, Kanō, Sanraku.
Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500121020, Kanō Sanraku.
Unverified · The Getty Research Institute
- VIAF cluster 3637230 for Kanō Sanraku, aggregating national library name authorities.
Unverified · OCLC
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3064625: Kanō Sanraku
Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
- “Kanō Sanraku”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
scholarly publication
- Kanō Sanraku, Oxford Art Online, 2003
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2003
Literature
Bibliography
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Citations
References
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scholarly publication
Kanō Sanraku, Oxford Art Online, 2003Crossref registry
Verifiedauthority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 132560291, Kanō, Sanraku.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Partially resolvedauthority file
Getty Union List of Artist Names 500121020, Kanō Sanraku.The Getty Research Institute
Partially resolvedauthority file
Partially resolvedreference work
Wikidata, structured authority record Q3064625: Kanō SanrakuWikimedia Foundation
Partially resolvedreference work
Partially resolved
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Further particulars
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Those registers additionally record the forms Kano Sanraku, 狩野山樂 (*), 山楽, Kano, Sanraku, Kano, Sanraku, 光頼 and Heizo.
He trained under Kanō Eitoku.
Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
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- Kanō Shōsen'inArtist
- Kanō TakanobuArtist
- Kanō Tan'yūArtist
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