Hashimoto Chikanobu

Toyohara Chikanobu

橋本周延

Hashimoto Chikanobu

Yōshū Chikanobu

楊洲周延

Toyohara Chikanobu

豊原周延

print designer

Hashimoto Chikanobu was both an artist and a samurai. His family had been hereditary retainers to the Sakakibara daimyō, loyal adherents to the Tokugawa rulers. In the 1868 civil war between the shogunate and advocates of imperial restoration, Chikanobu fought on the Tokugawa side--the side that lost. Although he would go on to make his reputation as a chronicler of the events of the Meiji period, from wars and industrial expositions to the new leisure activities of the bourgeoisie, Chikanobu's heart belonged to the old ways. His sympathies for Tokugawa rule are suggested by the lavish attention he devoted to two print series from the late 1890s, when he was at the peak of his career: Chiyoda no on omote and Chiyoda no ōoku, which take as their subject the outer (publish and masculine) and inner (private and feminine) compounds of the Tokugawa palace

Hashimoto Chikanobu was one of leading ukiyo-e artists of the Meiji era (1868–1912).. Born to a family of samurai status, he fought on the losing side in the civil war of 1868 between the Tokugawa shogunate and advocates of imperial restoration. Though trained in the Kano school of painting, he was drawn to ukiyo-e print design and also worked as a newspaper illustrator. His earlier designs commemorated the rapid modernization of Japan and contemporary Imperial events, both of which were of great interest to the general public. Many of his later print designs look back with nostalgia to the era of samurai rule. [CCM, 2024-03-18, JKenmotsu]

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