Nunobiki Waterfall, Mount Yoshino, and Tatsuta River
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.
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.
Artwork Details
- 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
- Object Number: 2015.300.82a–c
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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