4072253 Japan: \'New Year in Nihonbashi\', woodblock print by Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815), 1786 by Kiyonaga, Torii (1752-1815); (add.info.: Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815) was a Japanese "ukiyo-e" artist from the Torii school. Born as Sekiguchi Shinsuke in Edo, he enrolled into the Torii school at a young age, where he would eventually succeed his master Torii Kiyomitsu as head of the school. Kiyonaga was considered one of the great masters of the "nishiki-e" print and of "bijinga", images of beautiful courtesans and women. He also produced a great many prints of "kabuki" actors and other theatre-related subjects, as well as producing "shunga" (erotic images).); Pictures from History.