The paintings form a triptych depicting three of Japan’s most celebrated “famous sites” (meisho), each illustrating an episode made famous in the tenth‑century Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari).
The painting corpus of Tsunenobu, a nephew and pupil of Kano Tan’yū (1602–1674), shows how Kano artists’ determined efforts to incorporate traditional subjects and blend the style of yamato‑e (indigenous Japanese painting) into their primarily Chinese‑based oeuvre.
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狩野常信筆 滝見業平図
Title:Nunobiki Waterfall, Mount Yoshino, and Tatsuta River
Artist:Kano Tsunenobu (Japanese, 1636–1713)
Period:Edo period (1615–1868)
Date:after 1709
Culture:Japan
Medium:Triptych of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk
Dimensions:Image (a): 58 9/16 × 31 1/2 in. (148.7 × 80 cm) Overall with mounting (a): 9 ft. 8 9/16 in. × 40 9/16 in. (296 × 103 cm) Overall with knobs (a): 9 ft. 8 9/16 in. × 43 1/2 in. (296 × 110.5 cm) Image (b): 58 9/16 × 31 1/2 in. (148.7 × 80 cm) Overall with mounting (b): 9 ft. 7 15/16 in. × 40 9/16 in. (294.5 × 103 cm) Overall with knobs (b): 9 ft. 7 15/16 in. × 43 9/16 in. (294.5 × 110.7 cm) Image (c): 58 3/4 × 31 1/2 in. (149.3 × 80 cm) Overall with mounting (c): 9 ft. 8 9/16 in. × 40 9/16 in. (296 × 103 cm) Overall with knobs (c): 9 ft. 8 9/16 in. × 43 5/8 in. (296 × 110.8 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Accession Number:2015.300.82a–c
Inscription: Central scroll: LRC, in black, 法印古川叟 {Hо̄in Kosensо̄} above square relief seal, in red, 藤原 {Fujiwara}; Right scroll: LRC, in black, 法印古川叟 {Hо̄in Kosensо̄} above square relief seal, in red, 藤原 {Fujiwara}; Left scroll: LLC, in black, 法印古川叟 {Hо̄in Kosensо̄} above square relief seal, in red, 藤原 {Fujiwara}
[ Frank E. Hart , Palm Beach, FL, until 1963; sold to Burke]; Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation , New York 1963– 2015; donated to MMA)
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