Tani Bunchō
Japanese, 1763-1841
- Names
Tani Buncho
谷文晁
Tani Bunchō
- Occupation or Type
print designer
painter
- Bio
Tani Bunchō was a multifaceted artist who was adept at many styles of painting, including a Western-inspired realism. Fidelity to nature was sometimes motivated by practical concerns, as in his topographical sketches of the Japanese coastline, painted in 1793 for a high official in the shogunate who was concerned with maritime defenses.
- Gender
Male