Artist
K
Katsukawa Shunsho
1726–1792
132130
Works
66
Years lived
Japanese (culture or style)
Style
Katsukawa’s work is defined by its japanese (culture or style) sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Selected works
132130 pieces
The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Kawazu no Saburo in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
The Actor Nakamura Noshio I in an Unidentified Role
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
Actors Segawa Kikunojô II as Reizei, Ichikawa Komazô I as Suruga no Hachirô, and Ichikawa Yaozô II as Tada no Kurando in “The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith” (“Ima o sakari suehiro Genji”)
Katsukawa Shunshô 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
Weaving silk, plate 11 from the series "Silkworm Cultivation (Kaiko yashinai gusa)"
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
Ichikawa Danjūrō V as a Skeleton, Spirit of the Renegade Monk Seigen, and Iwai Hanshirō IV as the Cherry Princess, in “Flower of Edo: An Ichikawa Saga” (Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga)
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 (Japanese, 1726-1792)
The Actor Nakamura Matsue I as Kasaya Sankatsu (?) in the Play Hana no Gosho Konegen Butai (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1772 (?)
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
The Actor Arashi Hinaji I as Hananoi in the Play Gosho-zakura Horikawa Youchi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1773
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
Actors Ichikawa Danjôrô V as Gokuin Sen’emon, Bandô Mitsugorô I as An no Heibei, and Nakamura Sukegorô II as Kaminari Shôkurô in “A Soga Drama on the First Festival Day in the Pleasure District” (“Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga”)
Katsukawa Shunshô 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Tsukimasu, Acting as Sakura-maru, in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1773
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Ono Sadakuro in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Sixth Month, 1783
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
Act Eight: Bridal Journey, from the play "Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ashikaga Takauji in the Play Kaeribana Eiyu Taiheiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1779
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Kisewata (Tagasode) (?) in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1775 (?)
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
"Chi": Musashi Plain, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Sonobe Zaemon in the play "Shin Usuyuki Monogatari," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eighth Month, 1779
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
Three Beauties Chatting by a Veranda
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
Actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Fox-Wife from Furui in “First Performance Day of the Izu Calendar” (“Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu”)
Katsukawa Shunshô 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Street-Walker Otsuyu in the Play Cho Chidori Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1779
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Hachio-maru Aratora in the Play Chigo Sakura Jusan Kane, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1774
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
The Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô II (1689-1758)
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792