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Kano, Tan'yû 狩野探幽 (1602 - 1674)

Tsuki sansui - Moon landscape

Signed:	Tan'y?sai hôin
Sealed:	Tan'y?sai
Date:	c. 1670
Size:	120 x 58.8 cms (mounting) 28.5 x 46.2 cms (painting) 47 x 23 inch (mounting) 11 x 18 inch (painting)
Technique:	sumi on silk
Condition:	Ch?beri (middle part) of beige&gold silk brocade, top and bottom of light-brown sik brocade, dark-brown&gold ichimonji and futai, ivory rollers. Titled box with a dated (1782) authentification, and an authentification by Kôshô Ôtani, Chief abbot of Higashi Hogan-ji in Kyoto, ca. 1870, stating that it is part of the temple's ancestral collection (see detail)
Price:	SOLD Euro
Literature:	Kano Tan'y?'s work can be found in any book about Japanese painting. This painting has been remounted (of course), and is in surprisingly good condition. Further information on provenance and authentification gladly provided.
Signature:	See signature
Detail:	See detail
Mounting:	See mounting