Kishi Chikudo

Born 1826; died 1897.

Painter. Landscapes, animals.

After a difficult beginning, during which he struggled to make a living as a yuzen textile dyer, Chikudo became the pupil of Kishi Renzan of the Kano school. By the end of his life he was a member of the Imperial Art Academy and lived in Kyoto, where he specialised in painting landscapes and animals.

"CHIKUDO." In Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online, http://www.oxfordartonline.com.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/subscriber/article/benezit/B00037412 (accessed May 3, 2012).