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Ishikawa Toyonobu was born during the Edo period in Edo, which is now modern day Tokyo. During this time, ukiyo-e prints were first being developed and being heavily produced.

Works
Bijin-ga Prints

Bijin-ga prints depict beautiful and erotic images of women, intended for urban citizens during the Edo period. Some Bijin-ga prints of Ishikawa Toyonubu include imagery or references of sex workers.

"Beauty Reading A Letter" c. 1758 depicts a woman reading a letter on a scroll and the interior of a room. It is a benizuri-e color woodblock print which was on display at the Art Institute of Chicago

"Courtesan Reading a Letter" c. 1745 was on display at the Art Institute of Chicago. It is a hand-colored woodblock print of a prostitute reading a letter, adorned in floral and patterned wear.

Prostitute of Osaka, Left Sheet c. 1745. A young female attendant carrying a cup of sake represents the city of Osaka.

Urushi-e Prints

Ishikawa Toyonobu made lacquer paintings, also referred to as Urushi-e. Of Sanogawa checkered Hisamatsu c. 1745 was a woodblock print with hand coloring and lacquer. The print portrays "a Kabuki actor, Sanogawa Ichimatsu is shown concealing a letter addressed 'Somoji' (To You). He is identified by the crest on his sleeve" [2]. The print is currently displaced at the the Honolulu Museum of Art.

Yakusha-e Prints

Some of his prints include subject based benizuri-e prints, often showcasing actors and figures in theatre. During the Edo period, the theater form of Kabuki thrived and emerged, making actors a common subject of painters.

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Hisamatsu c. 1748

The Actors Onoe Kikugoro I and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I dressed as mendicant monks c. 1744

A hosoban benizuri-e print of two actors portraying a young man removing snow from a woman's geta c. 1750