Ito Shinsui ( 1898 - 1972 ) was a Japanese Shin hanga painter and a woodcut artist, known for Japanese-style painting Nihonga. Ito Shinsui s works have been put up for auction numerous times, with realized prices greatly surpassing estimated prices, varying from 1338.17 USD for TWO BIJINGA in 2004 to a remarkable record 47500 USD for Taikyo (Before the mirror [Red geisha]) in 2010 , based on the