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Also Known As Shōbei
Born 1664 • Ōsaka • Japan
Died August 22, 1729 (aged 65) • Tokyo • Japan
Movement / Style ukiyo-e

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Lucas Cranach, the Elder
German painter
Utagawa Kunisada
Utagawa Kunisada
Japanese artist
Hokusai
Japanese artist
Utamaro: Woman Wiping Sweat
Utamaro
Japanese artist
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
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
Baldung, Hans: Three Kings Altarpiece
Hans Baldung
German artist
Hans Leonhard Schäuffelein
German painter
Okumura Masanobu: woodcut of Sugawara Michizane
Okumura Masanobu
Japanese artist
Hiroshige: Maiko Beach in Harima Province
Hiroshige
Japanese artist
Suzuki Harunobu: The Princess Nyosan
Suzuki Harunobu
Japanese artist
Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist

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