Katsukawa Shuncho

Japanese: 勝川春潮 - かつかわしゅんちょう
Katsukawa Shuncho

Date of birth and death unknown. Ukiyo-e artist of the mid-Edo period. A pupil of Katsukawa Shunsho, he was popularly known as Kichizaemon, and other pseudonyms included Yushido, Shien, Toushien, Churinsha, and Sanko. He is thought to have been active from the An'ei period (1772-1781) to the early Kansei period (1789-1801). He produced illustrations for kibyoshi and other publications, as well as a few hand-painted works, but the majority of his works were nishikie (colored woodblock prints) depicting beautiful women influenced by Torii Kiyonaga, and his most outstanding works can be found in his triptychs. Although he gave up painting in his later years, he is said to have lived until around 1821 (Bunsei 4).

[Nagata Seiji]

[Reference] | Katsukawa Shunsho
"Ehon Eikashu"
Above: Painting by Katsukawa Shuncho, published in 1790 (Kansei 2), owned by the National Diet Library

"Ehon Eikashu"


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

生没年不詳。江戸中期の浮世絵師。勝川春章(しゅんしょう)の門人で、俗称を吉左衛門(きちざえもん)といい、別号には雄芝堂(ゆうしどう)、紫園(しえん)、東紫園(とうしえん)、中林舎(ちゅうりんしゃ)、三江(さんこう)などがある。作画期は安永(あんえい)年間(1772~1781)ごろから寛政(かんせい)(1789~1801)初年ごろまでと考えられている。作域は黄表紙などの挿絵類や、肉筆画もわずかに知られているが、その大半は鳥居清長(とりいきよなが)に影響された錦絵(にしきえ)の美人図で、とくに三枚続のものに傑出した作品をみいだすことができる。なお、晩年は画業を廃したが、1821年(文政4)ごろまでは生存していたと伝わる。

[永田生慈]

[参照項目] | 勝川春章
『絵本栄家種』
上 勝川春潮画 1790年(寛政2)刊国立国会図書館所蔵">

『絵本栄家種』


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