Hashimoto Chikanobu

born Niigata Prefecture, Japan, 1838; died Japan, 1912

BiographyBChikanobu began his life as the son of samurai in the service of the Sakakibara clan. As the Shogunate fell, Chikanobu focused on a career in art. hough trained in Kano school painting from an early age, Chikanobu shifted his attention to ukiyo-e around 1852. He began his printmaking career under the tutelage of Utagawa School masters Kuniyoshi, Kunisada and Kunichika. Like many of his contemporaries, Chikanobu worked as a newspaper illustrator as well as a print artist. By 1871, he had established himself as a leading print artist. He designed across all genres, from kabuki actors and beauties to military exploits of past and present. During the 1870s, Chikanobu captured Meiji Japan’s rapid modernization through kaika-e, or “enlightenment pictures.”

(source: roningallery.com) [accessed June 2022]

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