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Mizuno Toshikata is one of these hapless artists like Chikanobu Toyohara, Ogata Gekko, Kobayashi Kiyochika or Tomioka Eisen who were born at the wrong time. Traditional ukiyo-e had gone down the drain. And when the new renaissance of Japanese printmaking had set in with Shin Hanga and Sosaku Hanga, they were too old to join the dance party.
Toshikata was born as Mizuno Kumejiro in Tokyo. When he was 13 years old, his father sent him to the printmaking school of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. He was also apprenticed to a ceramic painter. And later he was instructed in traditional Japanese painting by Shibata Hoshu and Watanabe Seitei.
Toshikata was born as Mizuno Kumejiro in Tokyo. When he was 13 years old, his father sent him to the printmaking school of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. He was also apprenticed to a ceramic painter. And later he was instructed in traditional Japanese painting by Shibata Hoshu and Watanabe Seitei.
