Matsuno Chikanobu (,

fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for '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 indic ...

1720s) was a Japanese painter of the

Kaigetsudō school The Kaigetsudō school (懐月堂派, ''-ha'') 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 im ...

ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock printing, woodblock prints and Nikuhitsu-ga, paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes ...

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 (; 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 al. ''Drama and Desir ...

, 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 {{Japan-artist-stub