Jazz Dancer (1934)

As photography in Japan became increasingly popular during the late 19th century, the traditional art of woodblock printing began to decline. During the 1920s and 1930s, artists Ito Shinsui and Kobakawa Kiyoshi worked with the publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō (1885–1962) to become leaders of the shin-hanga (new prints) movement, which revitalised the refined ukiyo-e print techniques of the Edo period (1600–1868).