Tsutaya Jūzaburō

✶February 13, 1750

†May 31, 1797

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About their life

Tsutaya Jūzaburō was a Japanese publisher who was the founder and head of the Tsutaya publishing house in Edo, Japan, and produced illustrated books and ukiyo-e woodblock prints of many of the period's most famous artists. Tsutaya's is the best-remembered name of all ukiyo-e publishers. He is also known as Tsuta-Jū and Jūzaburō I.

Japanese Edo period publisher (1750-1797)

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