Posted by George Aar on December 13, 1998 at 17:48:15:
Particularly with Utamaro prints, but others as well, I notice the character after his name is variously translated as "hitsu" or "fude". Is this actually the same character with various readings or is there a seperate character for each word. Also I see the words defined as meaning anything from "drawn by", "from the brush of", or "painting". Can anyone give me a definitive translation and definition for these words (and maybe for "ga"as well)?