Picture Book of Life in the Capital
Summary
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Nishikawa Sukenobu (1671–1750), Japanese painter of the Ukiyo-e school of popular, colourful paintings and prints, who also was a book designer of the Kyōto–Ōsaka area. Nishikawa studied painting with masters of two schools, the Kanō (stressing Chinese subjects and techniques) and the Japanese-oriented Tosa. Eventually, however, he was influenced by Ukiyo-e painters, especially Hishikawa Moronobu (died 1694). In his time Edo (now Tokyo) was already considered the centre of Ukiyo-e, and that school’s prints were often referred to as Edo-e or Edo paintings and prints.
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asian art
nishikawa sukenobu
ink
paper
printing
printing blocks
wood blocks
asia
nishikawa sukenobu 1671 1750
men
women
working
purchase mary and james g wallach foundation gift
illustrated books
edo period
picture book
life
capital
ehon
miyako
zoshi
ehon miyako zoshi
paper drawings
japanese art
prints
high resolution
ultra high resolution
japanese
metropolitan museum of art
Date
1746
in collections
Source
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Copyright info
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")