{"product_id":"furstliche-jagd-kano-doshun-狩野洞春-yoshinobu-美信-1747-1798","title":"Princely Hunt | Kanō Dōshun 狩野洞春 (Yoshinobu 美信) |  1747–1797","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eKanō Dōshun was the fourth head of the Kanō studio in Surugadai. The Kanō School—Japan’s most prominent painting institution—had several large studios throughout the country that carried out commissions for the rich and powerful and decorated their residences with hanging scrolls, folding screens, and painted sliding doors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWe do not know much about Dōshun, which is not uncommon even among great artists in Japan. A highlight of his career was a commission from the shogun to paint a folding screen as a gift for the King of Korea. Dōshun was awarded the title \u003cem\u003ehōgan\u003c\/em\u003e, which was one of the highest official honors for a painter. (He signed this painting with this title.)\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe painting has a courtly theme. The Japanese loved the motif of the “Mongolian Princely Hunt.” For a painter of his time, such a subject was pure fantasy, based solely on models that, in turn, had also sprung largely from the imagination.The painting appears exquisite in the extremely fine details of the animal depictions and the acrobatic poses of the hunters. One can almost feel the speed of the galloping horses, for which Mongolian riders were famous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe blue used here is a color that, in Dōshun’s time, was associated with the art of the mainland. To highlight the magic of this exquisite-looking color, the painting was given a new dark blue silk mount.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe traditional motif of the brocade picture border is \u003cem\u003eseizan\u003c\/em\u003e “Blue Mountains”—although the fabric is gold in color, this is intended to evoke the “mainland blue” of the tent roof and the costume details in the painting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guignard Kyoto Collection","offers":[{"title":"126cm x 67cm \/ Silk","offer_id":56496511123841,"sku":"091104 GE3　","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0751\/3092\/9452\/files\/IMG_8333.jpg?v=1794401939","url":"https:\/\/guignard-kyoto-collection.ch\/en\/products\/furstliche-jagd-kano-doshun-%e7%8b%a9%e9%87%8e%e6%b4%9e%e6%98%a5-yoshinobu-%e7%be%8e%e4%bf%a1-1747-1798","provider":"Guignard Kyoto Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}