Skip to the content
ArtistDeveloped article

Kanō Takanobu

Kanō Takanobu was a Japanese painter (1571–1618). He was born in Kyoto.

Also recorded as Kano Takanobu · Kanou Takanobu

狩野孝信(『肖像集』)

栗原信充 · 『肖像集』 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション · Public domain

Identity

Kanō Takanobu is recorded as painter.

Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1571–1618

  1. 1571

    Life

    Kanō Takanobu born at Kyoto.

  2. 1600

    Institution

    Meeting between Emperor Wen and Fisherman Lü Shang (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

  3. 1607

    Institution

    Women’s Kabuki (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

  4. 1616

    Institution

    Hotei (1616) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  5. 1616

    Institution

    Hotei (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

  6. 1618

    Life

    Kanō Takanobu died.

The full dated record · 6 entries
  1. 1571

    Kanō Takanobu born at Kyoto.

  2. 1600

    Meeting between Emperor Wen and Fisherman Lü Shang (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

  3. 1607

    Women’s Kabuki (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

  4. 1616

    Hotei (1616) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  5. 1616

    Hotei (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

  6. 1618

    Kanō Takanobu died.

Named by the record

Places

Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.

  • Kyoto
Birth
Plotted from the places the record itself names, at the scale of their own extent.

Primary material

Context

The circumstances in which Kanō Takanobu stands.

Bodhidharma is dated ca.

Primary material

Documents and archives

reference work

authority file

Citations

References

Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.

Held on the record

Further particulars

Open the remaining particulars

The authorities additionally record the headings Kano Takanobu and Kanou Takanobu.

He was the child of Kanō Eitoku. 3 children are recorded: Kanō Tan'yū, Kanō Naonobu and Kanō Yasunobu. Other recorded relations include Sassa Narimasa.

  • Identity and origins

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.

Elsewhere in Paintings

For owners

Own a work by Kanō Takanobu?

A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.