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Tanomura Chikuden
Tanomura Chikuden (July 14, 1777 - October 20, 1835) was a Japanese painter of the Edo period. He is known for his depictions of nature, often melancholic in style.
Biography.
Tanomura Chikuden was born in July 14, 1777 in Bungo Province, Japan. In the beginning of his lifetime, he had been planning on being a scholar of Confucius. As a young man, he also was interested in painting. He was able to study under a local painter from his area
the Kiyomizu generations, although the second family head added a double line to the hexagon to distinguish the works of the first Rokubei.
Rokubei was active in Kyoto art circles and counted among his friends the painters Maruyama Ōkyo, Matsumura Goshun, and Tanomura Chikuden. He was known to have enlisted these friends from the Shijō school of painting to decorate his pieces. He specialized in finely decorated faience, and remains particularly admired for his three-colour overglaze ("iro-e") technique.
Kiyomizu Rokubei II.