After the mid-17th century, a person who made original drawings for woodblock prints was called Hanshita-eshi (professional draftsman), then Moronobu HISHIKAWA, who drew illustrations for picture books and Ukiyo-zoshi (popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period), made his appearance.
17世紀半ば以降、木版画の原図を描く者を版下絵師といい、その中で絵本や浮世草子に挿絵を描いた菱川師宣が登場する。