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Masanobu OKUMURA  -  1686 - 1764      Early Edo

Masanobu Okumura

Masanobu Okumura 1686 - 1764

Masanobu Okumura studied ukiyo-e under Kiyonobu Torii but largely self-taught. He was a painter, print maker and publisher in one person. He was also very influencial in development of ukiyo-e because he was among the first artists who went from hand coloring to print coloring after the invention of multi-color printing in 1741. "Hashira-e" and "Uki-e" were also considered as Masanobu's inventions.
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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