Hishikawa Moronobu [SEP] date of death
Hishikawa Moronobu
Hishikawa Moronobu (; 1618 – 25 July 1694) was a Japanese artist known for popularizing the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock prints and paintings in the late 17th century.
Early life and training.
Moronobu was the son of a well-respected dyer and a gold and silver-thread brocade artisan in the village of Hodamura, Awa Province, near Edo Bay in present-day Kyonan, Chiba Prefecture. After moving to Edo, Moronobu, who had learned his father's craft, studied both
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- Hishikawa Moronobu – "Beauty looking back"
- Charles Le Brun – "Adoration of the Shepherds"
- Ricardo do Pilar – "" (Monastery of São Bento, Rio de Janeiro)
- Jan Van Kessel – "Noah and the Animals Entering the Ark"
- Spinoza – "Virgin del Carmen and the Child Jesus" (Church of the Holy Kings, Metztitlán, Mexico; painting destroyed by fire 1998)
- Altarpiece of Strandebarm Church