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Kanō Eitoku

1543 - 1590

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Kanō Eitoku (狩野 永徳, February 16, 1543 – October 12, 1590) was a Japanese painter who lived during the Azuchi–Momoyama period of Japanese history and one of the most prominent patriarchs of the Kanō school of Japanese painting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kanō Eitoku has received more than 91,909 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Kanō Eitoku is the 952nd most popular painter (down from 893rd in 2019), the 736th most popular biography from Japan (down from 703rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Kanō Eitoku ranks 952 out of 2,023. Before him are Ibn al-Bawwab, Simon de Vlieger, Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., Grandma Moses, and Matthew Paris. After him are Mario Merz, Allaert van Everdingen, Wilhelm von Kaulbach, Allan Kaprow, Paulus Moreelse, and Vincenzo Foppa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1543, Kanō Eitoku ranks 9. Before him are William Byrd, Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, Claudio Acquaviva, John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern, and Christine of Hesse. After him are Giovanni Bembo, Michele Ruggieri, Giovanni de' Medici, and Juan de la Cueva. Among people deceased in 1590, Kanō Eitoku ranks 22. Before him are Leone Leoni, Archduchess Magdalena of Austria, Catherine of Ricci, André Thevet, Hōjō Ujimasa, and Germain Pilon. After him are Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Dirck Coornhert, Robert Garnier, Jacques Cujas, Philip, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and James III, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kanō Eitoku ranks 736 out of 6,245. Before him are Harukichi Hyakutake (1888), Tanzan Ishibashi (1884), Donald Tsang (1944), Ariwara no Narihira (825), Kisshomaru Ueshiba (1921), and George Ohsawa (1893). After him are Hiroshi Inagaki (1905), Soga no Umako (551), Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394), Torii Kiyonaga (1752), Kōdō Sawaki (1880), and Ōtomo Sōrin (1530).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Kanō Eitoku ranks 13. Before him are Hishikawa Moronobu (1618), Yoshitoshi (1839), Kunisada (1786), Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), Ogata Kōrin (1658), and Takashi Murakami (1962). After him are Torii Kiyonaga (1752), Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539), Utagawa Toyokuni (1769), Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570), Torii Kiyonobu I (1664), and Kuroda Seiki (1866).

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