Kano+School+Painters

The Kano School of painting was established by Kano Masanobu in the fifteenth century and has evolved over 300 years making it one of the most famous schools in Japan history. The Kano style of painting was influenced by the Chinese style painting and brushwork around 1434. Kano painting is landscape painting which involves trees, flowers, and bushes in Japan using bright colors and patterns. Most of these paintings made by Kano are present within the temples of Kyoto to this day. Although the method of Kano painting was popular, the method was also very secretive. Inside the Kano schools, very skilled artists painted artwork for only people of the wealthy classes in Japan. The school scattered around many locations but it's main building was located in Kyoto. Later on, the school moved to Edo since it became the new capitol of Japan.