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Hugo Munsterberg
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Fellow and Professor of Oriental Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, 1978–88. Author of The Arts of Japan and others.

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Ogata Kōrin: Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges)
Ogata Kōrin was a Japanese artist of the Tokugawa period (1603–1868), regarded, along with Sōtatsu, as one of the masters of the Sōtatsu-Kōetsu school of decorative painting. He is particularly famous for his screen paintings, lacquerwork, and textile designs. Kōrin was descended from a samurai…
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