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*''Active: c. 1660-1674''
*''Active: c. 1660-1674''
*''Japanese'': 寛文絵師 ''(Kanbun eshi)''
The Kanbun Master was one of the earliest pioneers in the woodblock print art style which would later come to be known as ''[[ukiyo-e]]''. Nothing is known about his personal life, birth and death dates, or even his name; scholars have thus come to call him simply "the Kanbun Master", after the imperial era of Kanbun during which most of his works were produced.
The Kanbun Master was one of the earliest pioneers in the woodblock print art style which would later come to be known as ''[[ukiyo-e]]''. Nothing is known about his personal life, birth and death dates, or even his name; scholars have thus come to call him simply "the Kanbun Master", after the imperial era of Kanbun during which most of his works were produced.
