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Kanō Masanobu

1434 - 1530

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Kanō Masanobu (狩野 正信, 1434? – August 2, 1530?, Kyoto) was a Japanese painter. He was the chief painter of the Ashikaga shogunate and is generally considered the founder of the Kanō school of painting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kanō Masanobu has received more than 49,713 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kanō Masanobu is the 1,579th most popular painter.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among painters, Kanō Masanobu ranks 1,579 out of 2,023. Before him are Anna Palm de Rosa, Henri Harpignies, Francisco Rizi, Juan O'Gorman, Henry Raeburn, and Dionisius. After him are Julia Beck, Allan Ramsay, Heinrich Campendonk, Ellen Thesleff, Alfred Roller, and Aristides of Thebes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1434, Kanō Masanobu ranks 10. Before him are Charles II, Duke of Bourbon, Antonio Grimani, Janus Pannonius, Constantine Lascaris, Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, and Mary of Guelders.  Among people deceased in 1530, Kanō Masanobu ranks 20. Before him are Properzia de' Rossi, Marco Basaiti, Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, Nicholas, Count of Salm, Eric Trolle, and Willibald Pirckheimer. After him is Diogo Lopes de Sequeira.

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