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Place of Birth: Kyoto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
About Kanō Sadanobu
- Kano Sadanobu (?? ??, 22 May 1597 – 12 November 1623) was a Japanese painter of the Kano school.
- He was the son of the Kano Mitsunobu, who lost a great deal of the main Kano school's patronage and prestige.
- Sadanobu was Mitsunobu's only son and seventh head of the Kano house descending directly from founded Kano Masanobu.It was the intention of Mitsunobu's brother, Kano Takanobu, to have his son, Kano Tan'yu, remain in Kyoto as designated heir to his father's sub-branch of the Kano school workshop.
- However, Tan'yu accepted the title of goyo eshi in 1617 and began to plan his atelier in Edo, most likely with the Tokugawa shogun's approval.
- This moved Tan'yu's younger brother, Kano Naonobu, up as to succeed the family workshop in Kyoto upon Takanobu's death.
- However, in 1630 the city of Edo was flourishing and Naonobu was also made goyo eshi and given his own parcel of land at Takegawacho in Edo, where he then built his residence and studio.
- The main Kano-school workshop, led by Sandanobu by this time, remained in Kyoto, either by instruction of the shogun or Sandanbou's own will.
- However, he had no brothers or children he could designate as heir by the time of his passing in 1623.As a result of Sadanobu leaving no heir, the Kyoto workshop fell into the hands of another Kano Takanobu child, Kano Yasunobu.
- Although Yasunobu was adopted into the main Kyoto house upon Sadanobu's death, sometime during 1624–1643 he too was appointed goyo eshi by Tokugawa and moved to Edo to build his workshop known as Nakabashi.
- However, Yasunobu did not give up his claim to headship of the main house in order to make his move and still considered his branch the main Kano house.
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