'The Snow Storm' Ito Shinsui, 1932. Ito Shinsui (1898-1972) was the pseudonym of a Nihonga painter and ukiyo-e woodblock print artist in Taishō and Shōwa period Japan. He was one of the great names of the shin-hanga art movement, which revitalized the traditional art after it began to decline with the advent of photography in the early 20th century. His real name was Itō Hajime. Oriental, Samurai, Art, Japanese Woodblock Printing, Japanese Artists, Japan Art, Japanese Drawings, Japanese Illustration, Chinese Art