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1652 Kyota, Japan - 1724. Known for: Painting, calligraphy, haiku poetry.
Hanabusa Itcho (1652 – February 7, 1724) was a Japanese painter, calligrapher*, and haiku* poet. He originally trained in the Kano style, under Kano Yasunobu, but ultimately rejected that style and... Read full biography
Hanabusa Itcho (1652 – February 7, 1724) was a Japanese painter, calligrapher*, and haiku* poet. He originally trained in the Kano style, under Kano Yasunobu, but ultimately rejected that style and became a literati (bunjin). He was also known as Hishikawa Wao and by a number of other art-names.... Read full biography
Hanabusa Itcho (1652 – February 7, 1724) was a Japanese painter, calligrapher*, and haiku* poet. He originally trained in the Kano style, under Kano Yasunobu, but ultimately rejected that style and became a literati (bunjin). He was also known as Hishikawa Wao and by a number of other art-names. Born in Kyoto and the son of a physician, he was originally named Taga Shinko. He studied Kano painting, but soon abandoned the school and his master to form his own style, which would come to be known... Read full biography
Hanabusa Itcho (1652 – February 7, 1724) was a Japanese painter, calligrapher*, and haiku* poet. He originally trained in the Kano style, under Kano Yasunobu, but ultimately rejected that style and became a literati (bunjin). He was also known as Hishikawa Wao and by a number of other art-names. Born in Kyoto and the son of a physician, he was originally named Taga Shinko. He studied Kano painting, but soon abandoned the school and his master to form his own style, which would come to be known as the Hanabusa school. He was exiled in 1698, for parodying one of the shogun's concubines in painting, to the island of Miyake-jima; he would not return until 1710. That year, in Edo, the artist would formally take the name Hanabusa Itcho. Most of... Read full biography
Hanabusa Itcho (1652 – February 7, 1724) was a Japanese painter, calligrapher*, and haiku* poet. He originally trained in the Kano style, under Kano Yasunobu, but ultimately rejected that style and became a literati (bunjin). He was also known as Hishikawa Wao and by a number of other art-names. Born in Kyoto and the son of a physician, he was originally named Taga Shinko. He studied Kano painting, but soon abandoned the school and his master to form his own style, which would come to be known as the Hanabusa school. He was exiled in 1698, for parodying one of the shogun's concubines in painting, to the island of Miyake-jima; he would not return until 1710. That year, in Edo, the artist would formally take the name Hanabusa Itcho. Most of his paintings depicted typical urban life in Edo, and were approached from the perspective of a literati painter. His style, in... Read full biography
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Taga Shinko, Hishikawa Wao
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Hanabusa Itcho (1652 – February 7, 1724) was a Japanese painter, calligrapher*, and haiku* poet. He originally trained in the Kano style, under Kano Yasunobu, but ultimately rejected that style and became a literati (bunjin). He was also known as Hishikawa Wao and by a number of other art-names.
Born in Kyoto and the son of a physician, he was originally named Taga Shinko. He studied Kano painting, but soon abandoned the school and his master to form his own style, which would come to be known as the Hanabusa school.
He was exiled in 1698, for parodying one of the shogun's concubines in painting, to the island of Miyake-jima; he would not return until 1710. That year, in Edo, the artist would formally take the name Hanabusa ...But wait, there's more...
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