Chikanobu
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Chikanobu is a Japanese name which can apply to a number of artists of the Edo period
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Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
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- Kanō Chikanobu (1660-1728) of the Kanō schoolKano schoolThe ' is one of the most famous schools of Japanese painting. The Kanō school of painting was the dominant style of painting until the Meiji period.It was founded by Kanō Masanobu , a contemporary of Sesshū and student of Shūbun...
- Matsuno ChikanobuMatsuno ChikanobuMatsuno Chikanobu was a Japanese painter of the Kaigetsudō school of ukiyo-e. Believed to be one of the most popular painters of his time, his work, very much in the Kaigetsudō style, consists largely of bijinga and features bright colors and exquisite kimono fashions.He is believed to have...
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1720s) of the Kaigetsudō schoolKaigetsudo schoolThe Kaigetsudō school was a school of ukiyo-e painting and printmaking founded in Edo around 1700-1714. It is often said that the various Kaigetsudō artists' styles are so similar, many scholars find it nearly impossible to differentiate them; thus, many Kaigetsudō paintings are attributed to the... - Kitagawa Chikanobu (fl. early 19th century), student of UtamaroUtamarowas a Japanese printmaker and painter, who is considered one of the greatest artists of woodblock prints . His name was romanized as Outamaro. He is known especially for his masterfully composed studies of women, known as bijinga...
- Toyohara ChikanobuToyohara Chikanobu, better known to his contemporaries as , was a prolific woodblock artist of Japan's Meiji period.-Names:Chikanobu signed his artwork . This was his...
(c. 1838-1912) of the Utagawa schoolUtagawa schoolThe was a group of Japanese woodblock print artists, founded by Toyoharu. His pupil, Toyokuni I, took over after Toyoharu's death and raised the group to become the most famous and powerful woodblock print school for the remainder of the 19th century....