Japanese prints of the XVIII –XIX century from the collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

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KATSUKAWA Shuncho / 勝川春潮

Dynasty:

Katsukawa

Life dates:

Active c. 1789 - 1801

Ukiyo-e printmaker. Lived in Edo. Originally a pupil of Katsukawa Shunsho, then drawn to Torii Kiyonaga’s style. (It is said that, having quarreled with Shunsho, he was drawn to Shumman, even changing the writing of shun in his go to follow that of his new mentor.) About 1790 came under the influence of Utamaro. Later in life, gave up printmaking and turned to writing novels. Specialized first in actor prints, then in bijinga done with a subtle sense of light and color. Good compositions of figures in diptychs and triptychs.

Roberts, Laurance, P. "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1980, p. 155