Kishi Chikudo
Japanese, 1826 - 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).
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