 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hiroaki Takahashi akaberekerwa muTokyo, Japan, muna 1871. Semhizha muduku akapiwa zita rokunyora rinonzi Shotei nasekuru vake, Matsumoto Fuko, pasi pokudzidziswa kwake akanga ari mudzidzi. Paaiva nemakore 16, akatanga kushanda muDhipatimendi Rokuita Nezvekunze reImba yoUmambo, kwaakatevedzera magadzirirwo ezvimwe zvinhu zvaishandiswa pamhemberero dzaiitwa kune dzimwe nyika. Kufanana nevazhinji vemifananidzo yeJapan yemapuranga panguva yehupenyu hwake akasaina basa rake nemazita akasiyana uye akashanda kumakambani anoverengeka ekudhinda. Pashure pokudzidza unyanzvi, Shotei naTarazaki Kogyo vakatanga Japan Youth Painting Society muna 1889. Muna 1907, semhizha yakabudirira, akaunganidzwa naShōzaburō Watanabe kuti abatsire kuShin Hanga New Prints art movement muJapan. Watanabe akabatsira kuzadzisa kudiwa kweWestern kweUkiyoe woodblock prints izvo zvaizofanana neanozivikanwa enhoroondo masters eiyo genre, kusanganisira Hiroshige. Munenge muna 1921 Shotei akawedzera zita rokunyora raHiroaki. Muna 1923 Kudengenyeka kukuru kweKantouye moto wakazotevera wakaparadza zvivakwa zveWatanabe; izvi zvaisanganisira matanda ese eShin Hanga. Nokudaro, Shotei akagadzirazve magadzirirwo apakuvamba akaparadzwa mukudengenyeka kukuru kweKanto uyewo akapfuurira kugadzira matanda matsva. Shotei akafa nemabayo musi waFebruary 11, 1945. Kune runyerekupe runopfuurira rwokuti akafa mukuputika kwebhomba reatomu paHiroshima, asi ikoku hakusi kwechokwadi. 