Chikuto Nakabayashi

Background

Born in Nagoya.

Education

He studied painting under Tenyu Kamiya.

Career

Went to Kyoto (1802) to study works on Chinese masters of Yuan and Ming' dynasties. Disliking the worldli.ness of artists of his time, he made no mends among his contemporaries and hobnobbed with Confucian scholars and Buddhist priests. Sanyo Rai, the noted Confucian, regarded him as the most distinguished man among his inends. He excelled in landscapes. In his late years, he had a special kind of silk fabric made by a weaver in Nishijin, Kyoto, on which to paint his pictures. This was called Chikutoginu, or Chikuto silk.

Connections

His son, Chikukei, was also a well-known artist.

Son:

Chikukei Nakabayashi