Pair Antique Japanese Woodblock Print Katsukawa Shunsho

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Pair Antique Japanese Woodblock Print Katsukawa Shunsho

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Sold Date: 02/06/2008
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

We are happy to present for sale this PAIR OF ANTIQUE JAPANESE PRINTS BY KATSUKAWA SHUNSHO. Original 19th century print.

Katsukawa ShunshÅ (å<å·æ~¥ç« )( 1726 -1792 ) was a Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style, and the leading artist of the Katsukawa school . ShunshÅ studied under Miyagawa Shunsui , son and student of Miyagawa ChÅshun , both equally famous and talented ukiyo-e artists. ShunshÅ is most well-known for introducing a new form of yakusha-e , prints depicting Kabuki actors. However, his bijinga (images of beautiful women) paintings, while less famous, are said bysome scholars to be "the best in the second half of the [18th] century" [1] .

ShunshÅ first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760 . Though originally a member of the Torii school , he soon broke away and began his own style, which would later be dubbed the Katsukawa school. Among his students were the famous ukiyo-e artists ShunchÅ , Shun'ei , and Hokusai .

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