Kanō Einō (狩野 永納, 1631–1697) was a Japanese painter of the Kyō-ganō [ja] sub-school of the Kanō school of painting. He became head of the Kyō-ganō upon...

The Kanō school (狩野派, Kanō-ha) is one of the most famous schools of Japanese painting. The Kanō school of painting was the dominant style of painting...

the most prominent patriarchs of the Kanō school of Japanese painting. Born in Kyoto, Eitoku was the grandson of Kanō Motonobu(1476–1559), an official painter...

Kanō Sansetsu (狩野 山雪, 1589–1651) was a Japanese painter also known as Kanō Heishiro. He was born in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, and died in Kyoto. Sansetsu...

not for his early death in his mid-20s. Kyūzō was highly acclaimed by Kanō Einō in Honchō Gashi (本朝画史) compiled in 1679 as that the "elegance of his work...

His grandson, Kanō Einō, painted in the same style, but is better known for a biographical history of Japanese painting, which gave the Kanō school pride...

Sukenobu was born in Kyoto in 1671 and studied painting there under Kanō Einō of the Kanō school of painting; he may also have studied under Tosa Mitsusuke...

from both of their names. It is also believed that he was a student of Kanō Einō. He didn't paint in the prevailing styles of his time, but rather used...