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Japanese artist (–)

Shinsui Itō (Japanese: 伊東 深水, romanized:&#;Itō Shinsui; 4 February &#;– 8 May ) was the pseudonym of a Nihonga painter and ukiyo-ewoodblock print artist in Taishō- and Shōwa-periodJapan.

He was one of the great names of the shin-hanga art movement, which revitalized the traditional art after it began to decline with the advent of photography in the early 20th century. His real name was Itō Hajime (Japanese: 伊東 一).

Biography

Itō was born in the Fukagawa district of Tokyo.

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After unwise investments bankrupted his father's business, he was forced to drop out of elementary school in the third grade and became a live-in apprentice at a printing shop. It was in this manner that he became interested in printing techniques and also in the arts.

In , Itō was accepted as an apprentice under Kaburagi Kiyokata, (who gave him the pseudonym of "Shinsui") and issued his first woodblock print the following year. His talent was soon apparen