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Kitao Shigemasa
Kitao Shigemasa
Kitao Shigemasa

Kitao Shigemasa

born Edo, Japan, 1739; died Edo, Japan, 1820
BiographyKitao Shigemasa was born in Edo in 1739. His father was a book dealer. He was a painter and poet as well as a printmaker. His favorite subjects were actors and beautiful women (bijin).
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