# Album of twenty-four paintings

- By: School of Kano Tan'yu 狩野探幽 (1602-1674)
- Date: 17th century
- Medium: Ink, color, and gold on paper
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: H x W (each image): 12.5 x 14.4 cm (4 15/16 x 5 11/16 in)
- Culture: Japanese
- Credit line: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://asia.si.edu/object/F1904.119/)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/7e9ddea3c2cd4cc92b6b1eca7e9c0bed.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

These paintings come from a small album of paintings that alternates themes from Japanese and Chinese literature with studies from nature. The paintings are executed in a style that combines the expressive brushwork characteristic of Chinese ink painting with the precise linear detail and delicate coloration that was practiced by Japanese court artists. The painter Kano Tan'yu established himself and his descendants as versatile professional artists whose work influenced Japanese artists of the Kano and other schools.