Kanō Shōsen'in

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Kanō Shōsen'in (狩野 勝川院, 1823–1880) was a Japanese painter of the Kanō school. He was also known as Kanō Masanobu (the name of his famous ancestor, the founder of the school) and , and took the (art-names) Soshōsei and Shōko.

Shōsen'in studied in a studio in the Kobikichō section of Edo, under his father, also known as .

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  • Frédéric, Louis (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
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