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Kishi Ganku (1749-1838)  

Biography

(bKanazawa, 1749 or 1756; d Kyoto, 1838). Japanese painter. Two differentdates are recorded for his birth, and his father’s identity is unclear,as are other details of his early life. Ganku was said to have beeninitially self-taught: he learnt to read from shop signs and to paintby copying textile patterns in the dyeing shop where he was employed.Various sources suggest that he later studied painting with localartists Yada Shinyoken ... (view more)

(b Kanazawa, 1749 or 1756; d Kyoto, 1838). Japanese painter. Twodifferent dates are recorded for his birth, and his father’s identityis unclear, as are other details of his early life. Ganku was said tohave been initially self-taught: he learnt to read from shop signs andto paint by copying textile patterns in the dyeing shop where he wasemployed. Various sources suggest that he later studied painting withlocal artists Yada Shinyoken and Mori Ransai (?1740–1801), although,according to records left by his son, Gantai (1782–1865), Ganku himselfprofessed to have studied only Chinese paintings.