Tani Bunchō
Tani Bunchō was a Japanese painter and writer (1763–1841). He was born in Negishi and died in Shitaya.
Also recorded as Bunchō · Tankai · Masayasu Tani · Tani Masayasu
Tani Bunchō
Tani Bunchō · The Cleveland Museum of Art · John L. Severance Fund · CC0
- Born
- 1763 · Negishi
- Died
- 1841 · Shitaya
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- painter · writer
- Teachers
- Katō Bunrei · Watanabe Gentai · Kitayama Kangan · Kushiro Unzen
- Languages
- Japanese
In this article
Identity and origins
Training under Katō Bunrei, Watanabe Gentai and Kitayama Kangan is recorded. Egawa Hidetatsu, Tanomura Chikuden and Mochizuki Gyokusen are recorded as having studied under Tani Bunchō. The recorded working language is Japanese.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Tokyo. Employment is recorded with Tayasu House and Shirakawa Domain.
Work by Tani Bunchō is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Ashmolean Museum, National Museum of World Cultures and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The authorities additionally record the headings Bunchō, Tankai, Masayasu Tani, Tani Masayasu and Gagakusai. His recorded language was Japanese.
He married Tani Kankan. One child is recorded: Tani Bunji. Other recorded relations include Tani Bun'ichi.
Identity
Recognition and collections.
Hydrangea, Design Seventeen from Shazanrō Picture Book, 1816, by Tani Bunchō
Tani Bunchō · The Cleveland Museum of Art · The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Grapevine, Design Ten from Shazanrō Picture Book, 1816, by Tani Bunchō
Tani Bunchō · The Cleveland Museum of Art · The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Dated record
Life and career
Explore 1763–1841
The full dated record · 6 entries
1763
Tani Bunchō born at Negishi.
1812
Summer Landscape (Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
1815
A House in a Bamboo Grove at the Shore (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
1815
A House on a Cliff with Mountains in the Background (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
1826
Early summer mountains in the rain (Art Gallery of New South Wales).
1841
Tani Bunchō died at Shitaya.
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.
Negishi
Birth place
Shitaya
Death place
Primary material
Documents and archives
scholarly publication
- Chapter 3. In The Studio Of Painting Study: Transmission Practices Of Tani Bunchō, Copying the Master and Stealing His Secrets, 2017
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2017
- Paintings of Sinmi(1811)-Tongsinsa and Korea-Japan Relations Mediated by Painting in the Early 19th Century : Focused on Yi Uiyang’s Landscape Paintings in Imitation of a Painting by Tani Bunchō, Art History Forum, 2015
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2015
- Tani Bunchō, Oxford Art Online, 2003
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2003
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 128523964, Tani, Bunchō.
Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500121188, Tani Bunchō.
Unverified · The Getty Research Institute
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1375891: Tani Bunchō
Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
- “Tani Bunchō”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
scholarly publication
Chapter 3. In The Studio Of Painting Study: Transmission Practices Of Tani Bunchō, Copying the Master and Stealing His Secrets, 2017Crossref registry
Verifiedscholarly publication
Verifiedscholarly publication
Tani Bunchō, Oxford Art Online, 2003Crossref registry
Verifiedauthority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 128523964, Tani, Bunchō.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Partially resolvedauthority file
Getty Union List of Artist Names 500121188, Tani Bunchō.The Getty Research Institute
Partially resolvedreference work
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1375891: Tani BunchōWikimedia Foundation
Partially resolvedreference work
Partially resolved
A further 2 witnesses are held back from this article because the person or object named in them is not yet resolved to this record. They are kept, not discarded, and return once the identity is established.
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Further particulars
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He trained under Katō Bunrei, Watanabe Gentai, Kitayama Kangan and Kushiro Unzen.
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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