Fujiwara Nobuzane (Japanese: ) (11761265) was one of the leading Japanese portrait artists of his day.
Nobuzane was born in Kyoto, and was the son of Fujiwara Takanobu. Takanobu specialized in nise-e (likeness picture) portraits. Of his works that have survived, the most notable is a set of the Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals. Nobuzane's son Tametsugu and grandson Tamenobu carried on the family tradition of painting.
See also
- yamato-e
- Kamakura period
- Murasaki Shikibu Diary Emaki
External links
- Britannica article
- Portraits of Court Nobles, by Fujiwara Nobuzane, Kyoto National Museum