Matsuno Chikanobu (,

fl. ''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 indicatin ...

1720s) was a Japanese painter of the Kaigetsudō school of

ukiyo-e Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surfac ...

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 Baiōken Eishun ( ja, 梅翁軒永春; active ) was a Japanese painter and print artist of the Kaigetsudō school of ''ukiyo-e'' art. He is also alternatively known as Hasegawa Eishun , Baiōken Nagaharu, Takeda HarunobuMorse, Anne Nishimura et ...

, 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 ...

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