Nunobiki Waterfall, Mount Yoshino, and Tatsuta River

after 1709

Not on view

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.

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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