Yanagawa Nobusada
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Yanagawa Nobusada was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints in Osaka who was active from about 1822 to 1832. His teacher, Yanagawa Shigenobu, gave him the name Yanagawa Yukinobu. A print from 1823 records the latter's name change from Yukinobu (雪信) to Nobusada (信貞).
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In this Japanese name, the surname is Yanagawa.