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Kanou

Last updated 2026-08-05

Kanou is an open-world NPC located in Luyang Academy, Temple of Space after completing World Quest Long Live Life in Series A Long Day in the Mountains: Chapter 1 - Paradise.

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Kanou is a painter from Inazuma and one of the "Uplifted," people chosen to be preserved as living memories in the Temple of Space.

He resides at Luyang Academy where he learns how to paint Liyue landscape paintings with Daozi and Castiglione coaching him.[1][2]

During the World Quest Long Live Life in Series A Long Day in the Mountains: Chapter 1 - Paradise, the Traveler and Paimon free all the people of Luyang Academy from being trapped inside pictures as ink blots, including Kanou.

Appearance

(To be added)

Quests and Events

World Quests

Hidden Exploration Objectives

Trivia

  • Kanou may be a reference to the Japanese painter Kanou Masanobu, the chief painter of the Ashikaga shogunate and is generally considered the founder of the Kanō school of painting.

Other Languages

LanguageOfficial Name
EnglishKanou
Chinese
(Simplified)
狩野
Shòuyě
Chinese
(Traditional)
狩野
Shòuyě
Japanese狩野
Kanou
Korean카노
Kano
SpanishKanou
FrenchKanou
RussianКано
Kano
ThaiKanou
VietnameseKanou
GermanKanou
IndonesianKanou
PortugueseShouye
TurkishKanou
ItalianKanou

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References

  1. Hidden Exploration Objective, Quest-Like: When Cranes Take Form
  2. World Quest, A Long Day in the Mountains: Chapter 1 - Paradise, Part 1c: Long Live Life