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Born 1786 • Tokyo • Japan
Died January 13, 1865 (aged 79) • Tokyo • Japan
Movement / Style ukiyo-e

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Lucas Cranach, the Elder
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Okumura Masanobu: woodcut of Sugawara Michizane
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Japanese artist
Torii Kiyonobu: Courtesan Painting a Screen
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Hans Holbein the Younger: The Ambassadors
Hans Holbein the Younger
German painter
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Still Life with Jug and African Bowl
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
German artist
Jacques Villon
French painter
“Still Life,” oil on canvas by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1866; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Henri Fantin-Latour
French painter
Amman, Jost: The Miner
Jost Amman
German engraver
Ike Taiga
Japanese painter
Hishikawa Moronobu: Scene in the Yoshiwara
Hishikawa Moronobu
Japanese printmaker
Tōshūsai Sharaku
Japanese artist
Nishikawa Sukenobu: Girl's Day
Nishikawa Sukenobu
Japanese artist
Torii Kiyonaga: Viewing Cherry Blossoms
Torii Kiyonaga
Japanese painter
Torii Kiyomasu: Shohei
Torii Kiyomasu
Japanese painter
Utagawa Toyokuni
Japanese artist
Utagawa Kuniyoshi: woodcut of Miyamoto Musashi
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
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William Blake
William Blake
British writer and artist
French artist Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
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