Segawa Kikunojō II
Ishikawa Toyonobu Japanese
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The various kimono patterns shown here were enriched by a few colors in a technique called benizuri-e (literally, "picture printed in red"), which probably derived from Chinese printing. The new technique did not rely on the old method of hand-painted colors but used printed colors, mainly red and green.
Ishikawa Toyonobu was among the most prolific creators of benizuri-e prints about the middle of the eighteenth century.
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