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After graduating from Shigemasa's tutelage, Kyôden began working with the publisher [[Tsutaya Juzaburo|Tsutaya Jûzaburô]], who persuaded him to move away from prints and to devote himself more fully to book illustration. Though he often was both the author and illustrator of a given book, he often signed the illustrations as Kitao Masanobu, the author cited as Santô Kyôden.
After graduating from Shigemasa's tutelage, Kyôden began working with the publisher [[Tsutaya Juzaburo|Tsutaya Jûzaburô]], who persuaded him to move away from prints and to devote himself more fully to book illustration. Though he often was both the author and illustrator of a given book, he often signed the illustrations as Kitao Masanobu, the author cited as Santô Kyôden.
Like many artists/writers of his time, Kyôden did not restrict his activities to only prints, or only to one form of writing. He was heavily involved in poetry circles and other cultural social circles, and is known not only for his ''ukiyo-e'' images and ''kibyôshi'', but also for his calligraphy, for ''[[kyoka|kyôka]]'' poetry, and a variety of other forms of creative production. He lived for a time within the [[Yoshiwara]], marrying two ''[[shinzo|shinzô]]''<ref>Teenage attendants who had not yet become full-fledged courtesans, or those who wouldn't or couldn't become full-fledged courtesans on account of not possessing the beauty, wit, and/or various skills necessary.</ref> over the course of his life and becoming quite familiar ('''[[tsu|tsû]]'') with the names and identities of the various courtesans and teahouses, and with the ways of the district<ref>Seigle. p150.</ref>.
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