Who was the 16th-century leader that Utamaro depicted in illegal prints?
Emperor Meiji
Oda Nobunaga
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Answer
Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a 16th-century Japanese leader who ruled the country from 1582 until his death in 1598. He was a military leader who unified Japan and expanded its territory, and he was also a patron of the arts. Utamaro was a Japanese artist who lived during the Edo period, from 1753 to 1806. He was a printmaker who specialized in shunga, which are erotic prints.
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