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*''Active: c. 1664-1690''
*''Active: c. 1664-1690''
*''Japanese'': 吉田半兵衛 ''(Yoshida Hanbei / Yoshida Hanbee)''
*''Japanese'': [[吉田]]半兵衛 ''(Yoshida Hanbei / Yoshida Hanbee)''
Yoshida Hanbei was a prominent early ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artist and book illustrator in Kyoto and Osaka. Fully contemporary with [[Hishikawa Moronobu]], often described as one of the "fathers" of ''ukiyo-e'', Hanbei was one of the most prolific of all ''ukiyo-e'' artists, producing several thousand illustrations for over one hundred books, including tens of books by prominent novelist [[Ihara Saikaku]].
Yoshida Hanbei was a prominent early ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artist and book illustrator in Kyoto and Osaka. Fully contemporary with [[Hishikawa Moronobu]], often described as one of the "fathers" of ''ukiyo-e'', Hanbei was one of the most prolific of all ''ukiyo-e'' artists, producing several thousand illustrations for over one hundred books, including tens of books by prominent novelist [[Ihara Saikaku]].
