Ishikawa Shuha

…An ukiyo-e artist from the mid-Edo period. He was adopted by the owner of the Nukaya inn in Kodenmacho, Edo, and took the name Shichibei. He also went by the names Shuuha and Shinodo. He is said to have been a pupil of Nishimura Shigenaga, and some say his original name was Nishimura Magosaburo Shigenobu, but this is not certain. He was active mainly from the Kanpo to Horeki periods (1741-64), and gained popularity for his beni-e and beni-zuri-e paintings of beautiful genres. He excelled in vertically long painting formats such as pillar paintings and wide pillar paintings, and painted many nude and semi-nude beauties, commonly known as "abunae." His representative work is "Beauty Under Blossoms" (Riccar Art Museum). …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…江戸中期の浮世絵師。江戸小伝馬町の宿屋糠屋（ぬかや）の養子となり，七兵衛を襲名。秀葩，篠堂と号す。西村重長の門人と伝え，初名を西村孫三郎重信とする説もあるが，確かではない。寛保～宝暦(1741‐64)のころを主たる活躍期として，紅絵や紅摺絵の美人風俗画に人気を得た。柱絵や幅広柱絵など縦長の画面形式を得意とし，裸体･半裸体の美人画，通称〈あぶな絵〉を多く描いた。代表作に《花下美人図》(リッカー美術館)がある。…

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