The Craftsmen's Life - Brush Makers | Antique Japanese Wood Block Print

A woodblock print that is a reprint from a series of 24 prints titled The Craftsmen's Life, which shows various craftsmen performing their trades. This piece in the series depicts craftsmen making brushes. The original version of this print was likely created sometime during the 1600s.

[Artist Biography] - Kano Yoshinobu (1552-1640)

A painter of the Kano school who was active from the Momoyama to early Edo periods. He was commonly known as Kyuzaemon, and his pen name was Shoan. He lived in Kyoto and, together with Kano Naganobu, served as the guardian of Kano Yasunobu when he was a child.

This woodblock print is a reproduction of Kano Yoshinobu's Screen Painting by Kubota Beisai.

久保田 米斎 - Kubota Beisai (1874 - 1932)

 A Japanese painter from the Meiji to Showa eras. He moved to Tokyo with his father, who became a journalist for the Kokumin Shimbun newspaper 国民新聞. His first studied Western painting under Harada Naojiro 原田 直次郎(1863-1899), before moving on to learn Japanese painting under Hashimoto Gaho 橋本 雅邦(1835-1908).

• Artist - Kano Yoshinobu (1552-1640)
• Material - Ink on paper
• Woodblock print
• Taisho Period (1912-1926)
  
• 14.75" x 9.75" (length, width)
• SKU: WB-Y3784D