Kanō Tanshin

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{{nihongo|Kanō Tanshin (Morimasa)|狩野 探信|extra=1653–1718}} was a Japanese painter. He was the son of Kanō Tan'yū by his second wife and led the Kajibashi branch of the Kanō school after 1674.

Stylistically, he had a Tosa-like approach (competing with the Tosa school), but also departed slightly from the imitative style of Kanō school masters. This departure became a significant point of criticism in the rebellious anti-Kanō school movement of the late Edo period.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TMCHpmDXUeIC&q=Kan%C5%8D+Tanshin&pg=PA56|title=Copying the Master and Stealing His Secrets: Talent and Training in Japanese Painting|last1=Jordan|first1=Brenda G.|last2=Weston|first2=Victoria Louise|date=2003|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=9780824826086|language=en}} Parallel anti-Kanō school artist Hanabusa Itchō commended Tanshin for his "rare talent," derived from his ability to use nature as a model.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sYn2DQAAQBAJ&q=Kan%C5%8D+Tanshin&pg=PA167|title=The Life and Afterlives of Hanabusa Itchō, Artist-Rebel of Edo|last=Wattles|first=Miriam|date=2013-10-18|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9789004259171|language=en}} Itchō asserted that Tanshin became a true artist by capturing the spirit of the bamboo to convey an idea.