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Shigemasa KITAO  -  1739-1820      Painter, Printmaker and Poet

Shigemasa Kitao

Shigemasa Kitao 1739-1820

Shigemasa Kitao was a painter, printmaker and poet. His father was a book dealer in Edo and the first works of Shigemasa were book illustrations. He was active in actor and bijin-ga - print of beautiful women. The major activity of Shigemasa were book illustrations. He did some collaboration works with Shunsho Katsukawa.
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Notes: also: Shigemasa Kitibatake

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Literature sources used for artist biographies:

• Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1732-X
• Lane, Richard, "Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print", Fribourg, 1978, ISBN 0-914427-54-7
• Laurance, P.Roberts, "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976
• Frances Blakemore "Who is Who in Modern Japanese Prints", John Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975. ISBN 0-8348-0101-9
• Annual CWAJ catalogs