Shunman Kubo

Japanese: 窪俊満 - くぼ・しゅんまん

Year of death: 20th September 1820 (26th October 1820)
Year of birth: 1757
An ukiyo-e artist from the late Edo period. His Kubo or Kubota clan name was commonly known as Yakubei. He is said to have lived in Kodenmacho or Kameicho in Edo. His other artist names include Shunman and Shozado. He studied painting under Itori Uohiko and later Kitao Shigemasa, and began his career as an artist from the mid-An'ei period (1772-1781) onwards, working on illustrations for sharehon (Japanese humorous books). During the Tenmei period (1781-1789), he produced many nishiki-e prints of beautiful women in a style similar to that of Torii Kiyonaga, but his style is calm and pure rather than flashy. He also produced many hand-painted pictures of beautiful women of all genres from the end of the Tenmei period through the Bunka period (1804-1818). From the Kansei period (1789-1801) onwards, he played a leading role in the production of privately printed prints, and over 300 of his works have been identified as his remains. Besides being an artist, he was also an excellent kyoka poet and comic novelist, and is famous under the pen names Issetsu Senjo and Nandaga Shiran, respectively.

(Masato Naito)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：文政3.9.20(1820.10.26)
生年：宝暦7(1757)
江戸後期の浮世絵師。窪,あるいは窪田氏で,俗称易兵衛。住居は江戸の小伝馬町,亀井町などが伝わっている。画号は他に春満,尚左堂など。絵は揖取魚彦,のち北尾重政に学び,安永(1772～81)中期ごろから洒落本挿絵などを手懸け,作画活動を始めている。天明期(1781～89)には鳥居清長に近い画風の美人錦絵を数多く描いたが,画趣は派手さがなく穏やかで清楚である。また,天明末期から文化期(1804～18)にかけては肉筆の美人風俗画も多く描いている。寛政期(1789～1801)以降は私家版の摺物の作画に主導的な役割を果たし,300点を超える遺品が確認されている。さらに絵師として以外にもすぐれた狂歌師や戯作者としての顔も持ち,それぞれ一節千杖,南陀伽紫蘭の号で名高い。

(内藤正人)

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