Migita Toshihide
Japanese, 1861 - 1925
Helen Merritt and Nanako Yamada, Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975
U.S.A.: University of Hawaii Press, 1992, Page 89
Person TypeIndividual
BiographyBorn in Öita prefecture. Original name Migita Toyohiko. Studied printmaking with Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and Western-style painting with Kunisawa Shinkurö. Designed actor prints and Sino-Japanese War prints in 1890s; also woodblock bijin-ga and newspaper illustrations. Prints include Twelve Aspects of Beautiful Women (Bijin jünishi), 1901, and The First Land Battle (Rikujö no daiissen), 1904, both published by Akiyama Buemon.
Helen Merritt and Nanako Yamada, Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975
U.S.A.: University of Hawaii Press, 1992, Page 89