Landscapes – 山水 (17th C.)

These are listed alphabetically by family name unless the painter was best known by a single name.

号の方が有名でない限り、姓をアルファベット順に表記します。

Kanō Arinobu 狩野有信 (1606-?) – He is known to have been alive in 1669, but there is no official date of death. He was a discple of the legenday Kanō Tan’yu.

Is this also Arinobu signing in a more formal style? Signed “Fujiwara Arinobu hitsu” with Fujiwara seal with “kun – earth / north winter” hexagram. This hexagram indicates the possibility of this being painted for a prince. -Yet to be determined.

Ogata Kōrin – 尾形光琳 (1658–1716) – The most famous of the masters / heads of the Rinpa School.

Seal reads: “Masatoki”. 印鑑: 方祝.

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