Background
Chikanobu Yōshū was born in Echigo (Niigata Prefecture) in 1838.
周延 楊洲
Chikanobu Yōshū was born in Echigo (Niigata Prefecture) in 1838.
Chikanobu Yōshū had studied the Kanō school of painting; but his interest was drawn to ukiyo-e. He studied with a disciple of Keisai Eisen and then he joined the school of Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi; during this period, he called himself Yoshitsuru. After Kuniyoshi’s death, he studied with Kunisada. He also referred to himself as Yōshū.
Chikanobu was a retainer of the Sakakibara clan of Takada Domain in Echigo Province. After the collapse of the Tokugawa Shogunate, he joined the Shōgitai and fought in the Battle of Ueno. He joined Tokugawa loyalists in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, where he fought in the Battle of Hakodate at the Goryōkaku star fort. He served under the leadership of Enomoto Takeaki and Ōtori Keisuke; and he achieved fame for his bravery. Following the Shōgitai's surrender, he was remanded along with others to the authorities in the Takada domain.
In 1875 he decided to try to make a living as an artist. He travelled to Tokyo. Chikanobu Yōshū found work as an artist for the Kaishin Shimbun. In addition, he produced nishiki-e artworks. Like many ukiyo-e artists, Chikanobu turned his attention towards a great variety of subjects. His work ranged from Japanese mythology to depictions of the battlefields of his lifetime to women's fashions. As well as a number of the other artists of this period, he too portrayed kabuki actors in character, and is well known for his impressions of the mie (mise en scène) of kabuki productions. Chikanobu was known as a master of bijinga. images of beautiful women, and for illustrating changes in women's fashion, including both traditional and Western clothing. His work illustrated the changes in coiffures and make-up across time.
Print depicting Yaegaki-hime carrying the helmet of the warrior Takeda Shingen as she dances amid magical foxfires in Honcho Nijushiko.
The Korean Uprising of 1882
A scene from the battle at Kagoshima
An Assemblage of the Heroines of Kagoshima
The battle at Nobeoka
A sea-land battle from the Korean Uprising
The Japanese Mission to the Koreans
A battle scene from the Korean Incident
A battle scene from the First Sino-Japanese War
A battle scene from the First Sino-Japanese War
A battle scene from the First Sino-Japanese War
A battle scene from the Russo-Japanese War
Gempei Seisuiki series,Miura Daisuke Yoshiaki (1093-1181)
Azuma nishiki chūya kurabe series, Kusunoki Masatsura attacking an oni
Setsu Gekka (1st series),Takiyasha-hime, daughter of Taira no Masakado
Sakakibara Yasumasa and Toyotomi Hideyoshi on Mt. Komaki
Tomoe Gozen with Uchida Ieyoshi and Hatakeyama no Shigetada
Azuma series, keshō
Shin Bijin series, No. 12
Setsu Gekka (second series), suimen no tsuki
Gentō Shashin Kurabe series, Arashiyama
Jidai Kagami series, Kenmu nengō (era)
azuma fūzoku nenjū gyōji series, 6th month
Kyōdō risshiki album No. 42 Chikako
A scene of the Japanese Diet
A Scene in the House of Peers
A scene of a meeting of the Privy Council
Nihon Rekishi Kyokun series – Lessons from Japan's History - Shiragi Saburō and Tokiaki
Nihon Rekishi Kyokun series – Lessons from Japan's History - Tajima no kami Norimasa
Meisho Bijin Awase series, Matsushima in Rikuzen Province
