Tōshūsai Sharaku: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Sharaku • Saitō Jūrōbei
Flourished	1794 - 1795
Movement / Style	ukiyo-e

Torii Kiyonobu: Courtesan Painting a Screen

Torii Kiyonobu

Japanese painter

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Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese artist

Utagawa Kunisada

Utagawa Kunisada

Japanese artist

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Hokusai

Japanese artist

Hiroshige: Maiko Beach in Harima Province

Hiroshige

Japanese artist

Utamaro: Woman Wiping Sweat

Utamaro

Japanese artist

Hishikawa Moronobu: Scene in the Yoshiwara

Hishikawa Moronobu

Japanese printmaker

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

Torii Kiyomasu: Shohei

Torii Kiyomasu

Japanese painter

Utagawa Kuniyoshi: woodcut of Miyamoto Musashi

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese artist

Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat

Albrecht Dürer

German artist

The Painter and His Pug, self-portrait by William Hogarth, oil on canvas, 1745; in the Tate Gallery, London.

William Hogarth

English artist

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Lucas Cranach, the Elder

German painter

Baldung, Hans: Three Kings Altarpiece

Hans Baldung

German artist

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Hans Leonhard Schäuffelein

German painter

Okumura Masanobu: woodcut of Sugawara Michizane

Okumura Masanobu

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

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Munakata Shikō

Japanese artist