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Born September 5, 1903 • Aomori • Japan
Died September 13, 1975 (aged 72) • Tokyo • Japan
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
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Lucas Cranach, the Elder
German painter
Baldung, Hans: Three Kings Altarpiece
Hans Baldung
German artist
“Battle of Alexander at Issus,” detail of an oil painting on panel by Albrecht Altdorfer, 1529; in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Albrecht Altdorfer
German artist
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Alfred Rethel
German artist
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Hans Leonhard Schäuffelein
German painter
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Hokusai
Japanese artist
Hiroshige: Maiko Beach in Harima Province
Hiroshige
Japanese artist
Utamaro: Woman Wiping Sweat
Utamaro
Japanese artist
Torii Kiyonobu: Courtesan Painting a Screen
Torii Kiyonobu
Japanese painter
Okumura Masanobu: woodcut of Sugawara Michizane
Okumura Masanobu
Japanese artist
Hishikawa Moronobu: Scene in the Yoshiwara
Hishikawa Moronobu
Japanese printmaker
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Tōshūsai Sharaku
Japanese artist
Nishikawa Sukenobu: Girl's Day
Nishikawa Sukenobu
Japanese artist
Torii Kiyonaga: Viewing Cherry Blossoms
Torii Kiyonaga
Japanese painter
Suzuki Harunobu: The Princess Nyosan
Suzuki Harunobu
Japanese artist
Minamoto Yoshitsune Leaping from Boat to Boat, triptych of color woodblock prints by Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1882; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 35.1 × 70.8 cm.
Kobayashi Kiyochika
Japanese printmaker
Torii Kiyomasu: Shohei
Torii Kiyomasu
Japanese painter
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Utagawa Toyokuni
Japanese artist
Utagawa Kuniyoshi: woodcut of Miyamoto Musashi
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Japanese artist