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Eagle, Kishi Ganku (1749–1838), Japan, Edo period, ca. 1802, hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk, brocade borders, ivory jiku, Purchase—funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Willard G. Clark, Freer Gallery of Art, F1995.15a-g

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Kishi Ganku 岸駒

Kishi Ganku (1749–1838) was a retainer of the imperial court as well as a meticulous painter. Like many of his generation, he first studied Kano-style painting and then worked in the style of Shen Nan-p’in, a style developed by a Chinese painter in Nagasaki that emphasized an accurate rendering of birds and flowers in bright colors. Ganku also studied with the Maruyama-Shijō school, a style that included a focus on shasei, painting directly from nature.