Hanabusa Itchō

Hanabusa Itchō (1652 – February 7, 1724) was a Japanese painter, calligrapher, and haiku poet. He originally trained in the Kanō style, under Kanō Yasunobu, but ultimately rejected that style and became a literati (bunjin). He was also known as Hishikawa Waō and by a number of other art-names. Born in Osaka and the son of a physician, he was originally named Taga Shinkō....