Ganku
【2 hanging scrolls of tiger and waterfall】
Title
2 hanging scrolls of tiger and waterfall
Detail
Materials :ink on silk
wooden boxed
Size : W 41.5 × H 119 cm (Each image) ・ W 56 × H 202 cm (Each mount)
Condition: slightly creased, trace of repair on the image / slightly damaged on the box
Artist History
Ganku (1749/1756?-1838) was a painter from the late Edo period. The founder of the Kishi school. He studied and combined many styles of painting, including the Kano, Shen Nanpin, and Maruyama schools. He created wall paintings for the Kyoto Imperial Palace and Kanazawa Castle, and received many requests from feudal lords around the country. He was particularly skilled at painting tigers.