BiographyBorn in Wakayama. Original name Ainosuke. Used the gö Rakuju. Studied with Suzuki Shönen. Known as a bijin-ga artist; also painted a dragon at Osaka Shitennö-ji and handscroll for the imperial family.
Helen Merritt and Nanako Yamada, Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975
U.S.A.: University of Hawaii Press, 1992, Page 179