1838-1890
male
A Tokyo Nishiki kiln painter, Matsumoto Yoshinobu was a shogunate vassal but hated samurai, and learned ukiyo-e as the apprentice of Utagawa Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi. In 1858, Yoshinobu was hired by Raku ware artist Mizushima Chubei and transitioned to become a painter. He became independent in 1867, and was in charge of painting for Miyagawa Kozan the First, Kiritsu Kosho Kaisha Company and Stream Company. He especially enjoyed painting tanuki, and opened a tanuki soup shop in Asakusa, Tokyo.
