He lived in Europe for many years, and exhibited in the United States after World War II.

[3] After the museum job, Urushibara worked independently, becoming a significant member of a growing group of Japanese artists based in London, including Yoshio Markino and Ryuson Chuso Matsuyama.

[1] In a portfolio called "Bruges" (1919) he reproduced several of Brangwyn's watercolours as large woodblock prints.

[4] It is unclear whether the smaller prints are contemporaneous to the larger impressions, and archival materials suggest that they were made later.

Hilary Chapman hypothesises that the popularity of the subjects may have motivated Brangwyn to commission the smaller prints.