Hirano Hakuhö

Born in Kyoto. He studied nihonga, ukiyo-e as well as the classical and modern styles of painting. Watanabe Shozaburo published his prints including ‘After a bath’ and ‘Before the mirror’ in 1932. ‘After a bath’ was sold out at the Toledo Museum Print Show of 1936. (The Female Image: 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties. Hotei Publishing, 2000).