Kano Osanobu

Place: Edo

Born: 1796

Death: 1846

Biography:

Osanobu Kano (born August 18, 1796; died June 12, 1846) was the ninth painter of the Kobikicho Kano School in the Edo period. His common name was Shozaburo. His father was Kano Seisen'in (1775-1816). He was the head of the family following his father's death. He was a Japanese-style painter. He represented the 9th generation of the Kobikichō branch of the Kanō school. He was born in Edo (now Tokyo) and received rigorous training from his father. He was known for his elegant and refined style, which fits within the onna-e genre of the Yamato-e style fashionable from the 12th century to the end of the Heian period. He was a prolific artist and his works are highly valued in Japan and abroad. He was also known as Kanō Masanobu (the name of his famous ancestor, the founder of the school) and Kanō Shōsen. He took the gō (art-names) Soshōsei and Shōko.