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Katsukawa ShunshōThe Actor Otani Hiroyemon IIc, 1780
c, 1780
$950List Price
About the Item
- Creator:Katsukawa Shunshō (1726 - 1793, Japanese)
- Creation Year:c, 1780
- Dimensions:Height: 12.32 in (31.3 cm)Width: 5.88 in (14.94 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:RarePrice: $1,250
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- Movement & Style:
- Period:1770-1779
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Storrs, CT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU335214784192
Katsukawa Shunshō
Katsukawa Shunshō was a Japanese painter and engraver, exponent of the Ukiyo-e style and the main artist of the Katsukawa school. Shunshō studied at Miyagawa Shunsui and is known for introducing kabuki actors to a new form of Yakusha-e. His paintings Bijin-ga (images of beautiful women), although less famous, are defined by some scholars as "the best of the second half of the 18th century". Among his students were the famous Ukiyo-e artists Shunchō, Shun'ei and Hokusai. Most of the prints of Shunshō actors are in Hoso-e (33x15 centimeters) common format of the period, but he also created a large number of works in triptychs or pentattics. He was also one of the first pioneers of realistic experiments on actors; in Shunshō’s paintings, unlike the works of the Torii school, it is possible for the first time to distinguish not only the theatrical role but also the actor who plays this role.
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