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[[File:Kanbun-master.JPG|right|thumb|320px|A ''Kanbun bijin'' by the Kanbun Master, on display at the Metropolitan Museum]]
 
*''Active: c. 1660-1674''
 
*''Active: c. 1660-1674''
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*''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.
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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.<ref>This sobriquet for the artist was coined by art collector & dealer [[Richard Lane]]. <br>"[http://art.honolulumuseum.org/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/id/48191 Caught in the Act]." Honolulu Museum of Art online collections database.</ref>
  
 
The Kanbun Master produced chiefly book illustrations for sex manuals and courtesan critiques, his style exerting a profound influence on [[Hishikawa Moronobu]], sometimes called the "father of ''ukiyo-e''", who was chiefly active a decade later.
 
The Kanbun Master produced chiefly book illustrations for sex manuals and courtesan critiques, his style exerting a profound influence on [[Hishikawa Moronobu]], sometimes called the "father of ''ukiyo-e''", who was chiefly active a decade later.
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==References==
 
==References==
 
*Lane, Richard. ''Images from the Floating World''. New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1978. pp38-41.
 
*Lane, Richard. ''Images from the Floating World''. New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1978. pp38-41.
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Latest revision as of 22:01, 3 May 2016

A Kanbun bijin by the Kanbun Master, on display at the Metropolitan Museum
  • 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.[1]

The Kanbun Master produced chiefly book illustrations for sex manuals and courtesan critiques, his style exerting a profound influence on Hishikawa Moronobu, sometimes called the "father of ukiyo-e", who was chiefly active a decade later.

References

  • Lane, Richard. Images from the Floating World. New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1978. pp38-41.
  1. This sobriquet for the artist was coined by art collector & dealer Richard Lane.
    "Caught in the Act." Honolulu Museum of Art online collections database.