Kanō Muneshige

In this Japanese name, the surname is Kanō.
Kanō Muneshige
狩野宗茂
BornUnknown
DiedUnknown, after 1193
NationalityJapanese
Occupationsamurai
FatherKudō Shigemitsu
RelativesKanō Yukimitsu (brother)

Kanō Muneshige (狩野 宗茂) was a Japanese samurai of the Kamakura period. He was the son of Kudō Shigemitsu, the founder of the Kanō clan. He is said to be an ancestor of Kanō Masanobu, the founder of the Kanō school of painting.

Life

Born as a son of Kudō Shigemitsu, the fourth son of Kudō Suketaka (Itō Ietsugu), he was the sixth head of Fujiwara Nanke's Kudō clan.[1] Muneshige served Minamoto no Yoritomo during the Genpei War.[2]

In May 1193, Muneshige and Hōjō Tokimasa were in charge of the preparatory construction of mansions at the site of the Fuji no Makigari, a grand hunting event planned by Yoritomo.[3] He then participated in the event later that month. After the brothers Soga Sukenari and Tokimune killed their father's killer, Kudō Suketsune, during the Revenge of the Soga Brothers incident on the last night of the hunting event, Muneshige was present at Tokimune's interrogation.[2]

Ever since Muneshige, his descendants were called "Kanō-suke" (suke being one of the titles for kokushi officials) for generations.[4] They served as kokushi officials in the Izu Province.[5] The name "Kanō" comes from the Kanō Manor in Izu Province (currently near Kanō River in Odairakakigi, Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture), where the Kudō clan was based.[1]

Genealogy

Kanō Masanobu, the founder of the Kanō school and the Kanō family, a family of distinguished Japanese painters, is said to be a descendant of Kanō Muneshige.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b Ota, Akira (1934). 姓氏家系大辞典 第1巻. 姓氏家系大辞典刊行会. p. 1618.
  2. ^ a b Ueda, Masaaki (2001). Nihon Jinmei Daijiten. Kodansha. 狩野宗茂.
  3. ^ Sakai, Kōichi (2000). Soga monogatari no shijitsu to kyokō. Yoshikawa Kōbunkan. p. 143. ISBN 4-642-05507-X. OCLC 46442390.
  4. ^ Kato, Shuichi (1998). 世界大百科事典. 平凡社. 狩野氏. ISBN 978-4582040012.
  5. ^ Ota, Akira (1934). 姓氏家系大辞典 第1巻. 姓氏家系大辞典刊行会. p. 1619.
  6. ^ Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art (1989). 狩野派の巨匠たち. 開館三周年記念展. p. 39.
  7. ^ Toyoda, Takeshi (1993). 家系. 東京堂出版. p. 293.
  8. ^ Agency for Cultural Affairs Tokyo / Kyoto / Nara National Museum (1967). 日本の美術 第 13～18 号. 至文堂. p. 95.