Painter - Gakyojin

..."Hokusai" was only a temporary artistic name, and he changed it about 30 times in his life. He also called himself "a mad artist" and lived a life devoted to painting, and his range of work was the widest among all ukiyo-e artists. In 1778 (7th year of the An'ei era), he became a pupil of Katsukawa Shunsho, and the following year, under the pseudonym Shunro, he began producing pictures of actors, and thereafter he produced illustrations for actors, sumo wrestling, uki-e, and kibyoshi. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "gakyoujin" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…〈北斎〉とは一時の画号で，生涯に30回ほどの改号をする。〈画狂人〉とも号して，画三昧の生活を送り，浮世絵師中で最も作域が広い。1778年(安永7)，勝川春章の門に入り，翌年に春朗と号して役者絵を発表，以後，役者絵，角力絵，浮絵，黄表紙の挿絵を描く。…

※「画狂人」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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