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Hishikawa Moronobu

1618 - 1694

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Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese: 菱川 師宣; 1618 – 25 July 1694) was a Japanese artist known for popularizing the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock prints and paintings in the late 17th century. He consolidated the works of scattered Japanese art styles and forged the early development of ukiyo-e. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hishikawa Moronobu is the 526th most popular painter (up from 537th in 2019), the 426th most popular biography from Japan (down from 356th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hishikawa Moronobu ranks 526 out of 2,023. Before him are Alesso Baldovinetti, Hendrick ter Brugghen, Otto Mueller, Stefano di Giovanni, Qi Baishi, and Zurab Tsereteli. After him are Isaac Levitan, Fernand Khnopff, Carlo Maratta, André Lhote, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, and Richard Hamilton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1618, Hishikawa Moronobu ranks 5. Before him are Aurangzeb, Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Elisabeth of the Palatinate, and Jeremiah Horrocks. After him are Ivan Bohun, François Pierre La Varenne, François Blondel, Vittoria Farnese, Peter Lely, Juraj Križanić, and Jan Dirksz Both. Among people deceased in 1694, Hishikawa Moronobu ranks 11. Before him are Natalya Naryshkina, Antoine Arnauld, Francesco Morosini, Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma, Suleiman of Persia, and John George IV, Elector of Saxony. After him are Pierre Puget, Vittoria della Rovere, Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena, Johann Michael Bach, Ismaël Bullialdus, and John Michael Wright.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hishikawa Moronobu ranks 426 out of 6,245. Before him are Kido Takayoshi (1833), Emperor Montoku (827), Emperor Chōkei (1343), Emperor Go-Hanazono (1419), Takashi Mizuno (1931), and Yoshirō Mori (1937). After him are Seishirō Itagaki (1885), Hara Takashi (1856), Masamune (1300), Yumi Umeoka (1950), Shohei Imamura (1926), and Toru Takemitsu (1930).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Hishikawa Moronobu ranks 6. Before him are Yayoi Kusama (1929), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797), Utamaro (1753), Sesshū Tōyō (1420), and Suzuki Harunobu (1725). After him are Tsuguharu Foujita (1886), Kunisada (1786), Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), Yoshitoshi (1839), Takashi Murakami (1962), and Ogata Kōrin (1658).

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