Kanō Masanobu

b. 1434 — d. 1530

Kanō Masanobu (狩野 正信, 1434? – August 2, 1530?, Kyoto) was the chief painter of the Ashikaga shogunate and is generally considered the founder of the Kanō school of painting. Kano Masanobu specialized in Zen paintings as well as elaborate paintings of Buddhist deities and Bodhisattvas.