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The Shin Hanga movement flourished in Japan for almost fifty years after being set in motion and nurtured by publisher Watanabe Shozaburo. Employing the traditional ukiyo-e quartet a production system consisting of artists, carvers, printers, and publishers Shin Hanga attracted Western as well as native artists. The studio teams created woodblock prints that updated traditional Ukiyo-e prints by including Kabuki actor portraits, beauties, and landscapes, and other nature themes, often birds and flowers. With lavish illustrations and expert commentary, Shin Hanga: The New Print Movement of Japan details the Shin Hanga movement and presents splendid reproductions of works by its principal artists.