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Kanō Motonobu

1476 - 1559

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Kanō Motonobu (狩野 元信, August 28, 1476 – November 5, 1559) was a Japanese painter and calligrapher. He was a member of the Kanō school of painting. Through his political connections, patronage, organization, and influence he was able to make the Kanō school into what it is today. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kanō Motonobu has received more than 49,114 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Kanō Motonobu is the 1,265th most popular painter (down from 1,125th in 2019), the 942nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 892nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Kanō Motonobu ranks 1,265 out of 1,421. Before him are Pavel Filonov, Milena Pavlović-Barili, Fanny Brate, Unkei, Alan Lee, and Davide Ghirlandaio. After him are Igor Grabar, Katsukawa Shunshō, Władysław Podkowiński, Karl von Blaas, Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury, and Azim Azimzade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1476, Kanō Motonobu ranks 14. Before him are Girolamo Fracastoro, Cuitláhuac, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, Helena of Moscow, Anna Sforza, and Hans von Kulmbach.  Among people deceased in 1559, Kanō Motonobu ranks 21. Before him are Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, Realdo Colombo, Wen Zhengming, Christina Gyllenstierna, Adam Ries, and Lorenzo Priuli.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kanō Motonobu ranks 942 out of 6,048. Before him are Kazuki Takahashi (1961), Abe Masahiro (1819), Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), Noriaki Kasai (1972), Uesugi Harunori (1751), and Unkei (1151). After him are Katsukawa Shunshō (1726), Megumi Hayashibara (1967), Sekiryo Kaneda (1901), Shinji Kagawa (1989), Kenji Kawai (1957), and Peter Shirayanagi (1928).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Kanō Motonobu ranks 24. Before him are Hiroshi Yoshida (1876), On Kawara (1932), Utagawa Toyokuni (1769), Tarō Okamoto (1911), Kuroda Seiki (1866), and Unkei (1151). After him are Katsukawa Shunshō (1726), Uemura Shōen (1875), Torii Kiyonobu I (1664), Toyohara Chikanobu (1838), Kanō Tan'yū (1602), and Ogata Kenzan (1663).

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