Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912); often known by his contemporaries as Yoshu Chikanobu; was a prolific woodblock artist active during the Meiji Era of Japan. He served as a soldier for the Tokugawa loyalists at first; but following the Shogitai's surrender; he was remanded to the Takada domain; and in 1875; he decided to become an artist.

He soon become renowned as a highly skilled ukiyo-e artist; with his works ranging from Japanese mythology to depictions of the battlefields from the wars of his time to women's fashions and shunga (erotic art). He produced a great many war prints in triptych format; documenting the Satsuma Rebellion; the First Sino-Japanese War and the First Russo-Japanese War; among other conflicts and events.