Yamagishi Kazue was in charge of engraving illustrations for the Yomiuri Shimbun and improved his woodblock engraving skills. He later became an independent engraver while studying art at the Aoi-bashi Institute of Western Painting led by Seiki Kuroda. He was commissioned by the Ministry of Education to conduct research on prints in Europe and the United States, and while visiting various countries and practicing printmaking, he sketched the "One Hundred Views of the World" that he would later work on. After returning to Japan, he worked energetically on creative prints and prints of works by famous artists such as Yokoyama Taikan and Ishikawa Toraji. Shopping Guide & Information