Kanō Sanraku

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birthname=Kimura Heizōcite book
first=H.
last=Hetl-Kuntze
editor=Hans L. C. Jaffé
others=Translated by German Erich Wolf
title=Far Eastern Art
series=The Dolphin history of painting
year=1969
publisher=Thames and Hudson
location=London
pages=p. 117] cite web
url=http://getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&subjectid=500121020
title=Kanō Sanraku (Japanese painter, 1559-1635)
accessdate=2007-11-14
year=2004
work=Union list of artist names online
publisher=J. Paul Getty Trust]
birthdate=1559cite web
url=http://www.answers.com/topic/kano-sanraku-2
title=Kano Sanraku
accessdate=2007-11-14
year=2002
work=The concise Grove dictionary of art
publisher=Oxford University Press]
location=Shiga Prefecture, Japan
deathdate=1635
deathplace=Kyoto, Japan
nationality=Japanese
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nihongo|Kanō Sanraku|狩野 山楽|extra=1559 - 1635 was a Japanese painter also known as Kimura Heizō, Shūri, Mitsuyori, and Sanraku.

His father was the painter Kimura Nagamitsu who flourished circa 1570.

Sanraku worked for Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 1570s, which lead to him studying under and being adopted by Kanō Eitoku. Sanraku was the half-sibling and teacher of Kanō Sansetsu, and became Eitoku's son-in-law and later the head of the Kanō school.

His patrons included Tokugawa Hidetada.

Works

*"The three laughing men of the valley of the tiger", screen, color, India ink, and gold on paper. Tokyo National Museum.

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