Felice Fischer ǀ China in the Art of the Kano

On February 16 the exhibition “Ink and Gold: Art of the Kano” opened at The Philadelphia Museum of Art. The exhibition explores the stunning artistry of the esteemed Kano painters, the most enduring and influential school of painting in Japanese history. Established in the late fifteenth century, the Kano lineage of artists served as painters-in-attendance to Japan’s powerful shoguns for four hundred years. The exhibition presents more than 120 works of art spanning the school’s long and illustrious history and is the first exhibition outside Japan to so fully examine the Kano painters’ legacy. It includes works from the MIA’s collection like the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers, an eight-panel folding screen by Kano Tan’yu from the 17th century that was a gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture. The exhibition curator, Felice Fischer, will discuss our screen and how China was depicted in the art of the Kano.

Felice Fischer, PhD, is the Luther W. Brady Curator of Japanese Art and Senior Curator of East Asian Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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