Kishi Ganku
Illustration — Self-portrait Ganku 岸駒 (1749 – January 19, 1839), or more formally Kishi Ku, was a leading Japanese painter of Kyoto and founder of the Kishi school of painting. He is famous for his paintings of tigers. Ganku was born in Kanazawa as Kishi Saeki, studied painting styles including those of Chinese painter Shen Nanpin (沈南蘋) and the Maruyama-Shijō school, and arrived in Kyoto around 1780.
Also recorded as Tenkai-ō Ganku · Funzen · Dōkō Echizen no Suke Ganku · Tenkaikutsu
Kishi Ganku
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- Born
- 1749 · Kanazawa.
- Died
- 1839 · Kyoto.
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- Japan
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- painter
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Illustration — Self-portrait Ganku 岸駒 (1749 – January 19, 1839), or more formally Kishi Ku, was a leading Japanese painter of Kyoto and founder of the Kishi school of painting. He is famous for his paintings of tigers. Ganku was born in Kanazawa as Kishi Saeki, studied painting styles including those of Chinese painter Shen Nanpin (沈南蘋) and the Maruyama-Shijō school, and arrived in Kyoto around 1780.
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His students included his son, Gantai 岸岱 (1782–1865), son-in-law Ganryou 岸良 (1797–1852), adopted son Renzan 連山 (1804–59), Yokoyama Kazan 横山華山 (1784–1837), Shirai Kayou 白井華陽 (fl. Ca 1840–60), and Kawamura Bumpou 河村文鳳 (1779–1821). He was made honorary governor of Echizen (Echizen no kami, 越前守) toward the end of his life. Ganku died on January 19, 1839, in Kyoto.
Mochizuki Gyokusen, Kawamura Bunpō and Minwa Aikawa are recorded as having studied under Kishi Ganku. Work by Kishi Ganku is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Ashmolean Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Kyoto National Museum and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
• Illustration — Screen with Tiger • Illustration — Tigers and Dragon, c. 1813-1838 • Illustration — Jurōjin, 1838 • Illustration — Spring Landscape • Illustration — Tiger and Bamboo
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• Encyclopædia Britannica • Answers.com • JAANUS biography
Tiger Family, early 1800s, by Kishi Ganku
Kishi Ganku · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Tiger Family, early 1800s, by Kishi Ganku
Kishi Ganku · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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