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Chikanobu is a Japanese name which can apply to a number of artists of the Edo period: * Kanō Chikanobu (1660–1728) of the Kanō school *Matsuno Chikanobu ( fl. 1720s) of the Kaigetsudō school *Kitagawa Chikanobu ( fl. early 19th century), student of Utamaro *Toyohara Chikanobu , better known to his contemporaries as , was a Japanese painter and printmaker who was widely regarded as a prolific woodblock artist during the Meiji epoch. Names Chikanobu signed his artwork . This was his . The artist's was ; and it w ...

Edo Period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characterized by economic growth, strict social order, isolationist foreign policies, a stable population, perpetual peace, and popular enjoyment of arts and culture. The period derives its name from Edo (now Tokyo), where on March 24, 1603, the shogunate was officially established by Tokugawa Ieyasu. The period came to an end with the Meiji Restoration and the Boshin War, which restored imperial rule to Japan. Consolidation of the shogunate The Edo period or Tokugawa period is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's regional '' daimyo''. A revolution took place from the time of the Kamakura shogunate, which existed with the Tennō's court, to the Tok ...
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Kanō School
The is one of the most famous schools of Japanese painting. The Kanō school of painting was the dominant style of painting from the late 15th century until the Meiji period which began in 1868, by which time the school had divided into many different branches. The Kanō family itself produced a string of major artists over several generations, to which large numbers of unrelated artists trained in workshops of the school can be added. Some artists married into the family and changed their names, and others were adopted. According to the historian of Japanese art Robert Treat Paine, "another family which in direct blood line produced so many men of genius ... would be hard to find". The school began by reflecting a renewed influence from Chinese painting, but developed a brightly coloured and firmly outlined style for large panels decorating the castles of the nobility which reflected distinctively Japanese traditions, while continuing to produce monochrome brush paintin ...
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Matsuno Chikanobu
Matsuno Chikanobu (, fl. 1720s) was a Japanese painter of the Kaigetsudō school of ukiyo-e art. Believed to be one of the most popular painters of his time, his work, very much in the Kaigetsudō style, consists largely of ' (pictures of beautiful ladies) and features bright colors and exquisite kimono fashions. He is believed to have worked closely with Baiōken Eishun, another Kaigetsudō artist whose style shows significant similarities. References *Lane, Richard (1978). ''Images of the Floating World''. Old Saybrook, CT: Konecky & Konecky. 18th-century Japanese artists Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Chikanobu Chikanobu is a Japanese name which can apply to a number of artists of the Edo period: * Kanō Chikanobu (1660–1728) of the Kanō school * Matsuno Chikanobu (fl. 1720s) of the Kaigetsudō school * Kitagawa Chikanobu (fl. early 19th century), stud ...

Floruit
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone flourished. Etymology and use la, flōruit is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of the Latin verb ', ' "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from the noun ', ', "flower". Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement. More specifically, it often is used in genealogy and historical writing when a person's birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when they were alive. For example, if there are wills attested by John Jones in 1204, and 1229, and a record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)". The term is often used in art history when dating the career ...
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Kitagawa Chikanobu
Kitagawa (written: 北川 or 喜多川) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Asami Kitagawa, Olympic swimmer *Fuyuhiko Kitagawa, poet and film critic * Ichitarō Kitagawa, famous woodblock artist and painter who later changed his name to Yusuke and Utamaro *Issei Kitagawa, politician * Johnny (Hiromu) Kitagawa (1931–2019), boy band promoter *Joseph Kitagawa, historian of religions, dean of University of Chicago Divinity School in the 1970s * Katsutoshi Kitagawa, lyricist, see Aria, worked with Rieko Itou. *Kazuo Kitagawa, cabinet minister of forestry in Japan *Keiichi Kitagawa, biker * Keiko Kitagawa, actress/model *, Japanese footballer *Mary Kitagawa, Canadian educator * Masao Kitagawa (1910–1995), botanist *Miyuki Kitagawa, manga writer, such as Ano Ko ni 1000% * Rio Kitagawa, singer and member of the j-pop group Morning Musume * Sho Kitagawa, manga writer for Hotman and C (manga) who inspired Itaru Hinoue * Susumu Kitagawa (born 1951), J ...
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Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro ( ja, 喜多川 歌麿;  – 31 October 1806) was a Japanese artist. He is one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings, and is best known for his ''bijin ōkubi-e'' "large-headed pictures of beautiful women" of the 1790s. He also produced nature studies, particularly illustrated books of insects. Little is known of Utamaro's life. His work began to appear in the 1770s, and he rose to prominence in the early 1790s with his portraits of beauties with exaggerated, elongated features. He produced over 2000 known prints and was one of the few ukiyo-e artists to achieve fame throughout Japan in his lifetime. In 1804 he was arrested and manacled for fifty days for making illegal prints depicting the 16th-century military ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and died two years later. Utamaro's work reached Europe in the mid-nineteenth century, where it was very popular, enjoying particular acclaim in France. He influenced the Eu ...
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