Kano Seisen'in (Osanobu)
【Wild geese under the moon】
Title
Wild geese under the moon
Artist
Kano Seisen'in (Osanobu)
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on silk
wooden boxed
Size : W 39 × H 106 cm (Image) ・ W 51 × H 198 cm (Mount)
finest quality mount
Condition: slightly stained , slightly creased on the mount / slightly creased on the image
Artist History
Kano Seisen’in (1796-1846) was a painter of the Kano school in the late Edo
period. Born in Edo. Eldest son of Kano Isen’in Eishin. Ninth generation of the
Kano school in Kobikicho. He was the ninth generation of the Kano school in
Kobikicho and a painter in the inner court of the Edo shogunate. He learned
painting techniques from his father and studied classical Yamato-e by copying
old picture scrolls. His son is Kano Masanobu. His pupils include Kano Hogai
and Hashimoto Gahou.