Hiroaki TakahashiHiroaki Takahashi, also known as Takahashi Shōtei, was a prominent 20th-century Japanese woodblock print artist of the shin-hanga movement, born in 1871 and dying in 1945. He was known for modernizing traditional ukiyo-e with Western-style techniqueslike atmospheric light, and he created over 750 prints for publishers like Watanabe, many of which were exported to North America. His extensive body of work included landscapes, nature scenes, and depictions of beautiful women, though his woodblocks were destroyed by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Read More Read Less