Katsukawa Shunshō Portrait Prints
Japanese, 1726-1793
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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Artist: Katsukawa Shunshō
Shunga - Woodcut by Katsukawa Schuncho - Mid-18th Century
By Katsukawa Shunshō
Located in Roma, IT
Shunga is an original modern artwork realized by Katsukawa Schuncho (1726 – 1793) in the half of the 18th Century.
Erotic scene from the series "Koshuko zue juni ko".
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