Famous Woodblock Artist


Tadashi Nakayama

Tadashi Nakayamawas a Japanese woodblock print 
artist, one of the most famous in the Ukiyo-e style. He 
was an innovator, the first to produce full-color prints
(nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former 
modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu used 
many special techniques, and depicted a wide variety 
of subjects, from classical poems to contemporary 
beauties.