Yukawa Shôdo 湯川松堂 was born in Wakayama in 1868; he studied with Mitani Sadahiro and Suzuki Shonen (1848-1918). He made mostly portraits of Bijin. His most famous series is "Modern and Ancient, Customs and Manners, One Hundred Beauties" (古今風俗百美人の内) published in Òsaka by Wakita Ainosuke between 1900 and 1905.
