# Album of twenty-four paintings

**School of Kano Tan'yu** (1602–1674)  
17th century  
Ink, color, and gold on paper  
H x W (each image): 12.5 x 14.4 cm (4 15/16 x 5 11/16 in)

Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, F1904.119. [The museum's record](https://asia.si.edu/object/F1904.119/).

## About this work

These paintings come from a small album of paintings that alternates themes from Japanese and Chinese literature with studies from nature. The paintings are executed in a style that combines the expressive brushwork characteristic of Chinese ink painting with the precise linear detail and delicate coloration that was practiced by Japanese court artists. The painter Kano Tan'yu established himself and his descendants as versatile professional artists whose work influenced Japanese artists of the Kano and other schools.

_Text from the National Museum of Asian Art._

School of Kano Tan'yu painted this in 17th century. It is now at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Ink on paper.** Ink made from soot and animal glue, ground with water on an inkstone. A single brush can give a hair-fine line or a broad wash, and nothing can be corrected.

### [School of Kano Tan'yu](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/school-of-kano-tan-yu)

1602–1674

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Japanese
- Real size: about 5 × 5½ in (13 × 14 cm). The original is small: even the 8 × 10 in print shows it larger than life.
- Subjects: Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Gafu, The Tale of Genji
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1773.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1773/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/album-of-twenty-four-paintings-si-fsg-f1904-119).