{"product_id":"shotei-takahashi-hiroaki-takahashi-cristina-berna-9789829960962","title":"Shotei Takahashi Hiroaki Takahashi","description":"\u003cp\u003eTakahashi Shōtei (高橋松亭), born Hiroaki (1871 - 11 February 1945) was a 20th-century Japanese woodblock artist in the shinsaku-hanga and later shin-hanga art movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he was 16 years old, he started a job with the Imperial Household Department of Foreign Affairs, where he copied the designs of foreign ceremonial objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1907, as a successful artist, he was recruited by Watanabe Shōzaburō to contribute shinsaku-hanga (souvenir prints) in Japan. Watanabe helped to fulfill the Western demand for newly-styled ukiyo-e woodblock prints which would be similar to familiar historical masters of that genre, especially Hiroshige.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1930s, while still working for Watanabe, he also designed some \u003cem\u003eoban\u003c\/em\u003e (and larger) prints for the publisher Fusui Gabo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShotei died of pneumonia on February 11, 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cristina Berna, Eric Thomsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 982996096X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789829960962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Missys Clan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d","brand":"Cristina Berna","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46739207880959,"sku":"9789829960962","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73a1d8f5-3381-4352-a670-e52a9fce12d8.jpg?v=1743277532","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shotei-takahashi-hiroaki-takahashi-cristina-berna-9789829960962","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}