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Yanagawa Nobusada
Yanagawa Nobusada was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints in Osaka who was active from about 1822 to 1832. His teacher, Yanagawa Shigenobu, gave him the name Yanagawa Yukinobu. A print from 1823 records the latter's name change from Yukinobu (雪信) to Nobusada (信貞). References * Keyes, Roger S. & Keiko Mizushima, ''The Theatrical World of Osaka Prints'', Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art,1973, 271. * Lane, Richard. (1978). ''Images from the Floating World, The Japanese Print.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press. OCLC 5246796* Ujlaki, Peter, Woodblock Prints, Faux Zen Kabuki, ''Daruma Magazine ''Daruma Magazine'' was a quarterly English language magazine published in Amagasaki, Japan and devoted to Japanese art and antiques. It was published by Takeguchi Momoko and edited by author Alistair Seton. It commenced publication in 1993. In ...'', No. 60, 53, 2008. Ukiyo-e artists {{Japan-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanagawa Nobusada's Signatures - Yukinobu Ga (left) And Nobusada Ga (right)
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of April 30, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 71,848, with 24,507 households and a population density of 934.55 persons per km². The total area is 76.88 km². On March 21, 2005 the towns of Yamato, Fukuoka, Yamato and Mitsuhashi, Fukuoka, Mitsuhashi (both from Yamato District, Fukuoka, Yamato District) were merged into Yanagawa. Yanagawa is popular with Japanese tourists because of its 470 km of wide canals. Yanagawa riverboats, called "donkobune", are used to take tourists around the city. In 1987 a video documentary was created by Studio Ghibli about these canals and their restoration. is widely available and includes English subtitles. Yanagawa was originally constructed in the mid-16th century by the Kamachi clan. Before then, it had been a traditional farming village, with the canals used for irrigation; Tanaka Yoshimasa (Japanese: 田中吉政; 1548 – 1609) ordered the cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
