Artist

Katsukawa Shun'ei

1762–1819

132130

Works

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

Shoki the Demon Queller

Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Akita Jônosuke Yoshikage in a “Shibaraku” role in “Memorial Service for St. Nichiren: A Model of ‘The Potted Trees’”(“Mieiko Nori no Hachi no Ki”)

Attributed to Katsukawa Shun’ei Japanese, 1762–1819

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Tonase (?) in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura (?), Performed at the Kiri Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1787 (?)

Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in Street Attire (by Shun'ei) Conversing with Two Women (by Shuncho)

Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819 Katsukawa Shuncho Japanese, active c. 1780-1801

Actor Segawa Kikunojô III Possibly as Ono no Komachi in “Komachi Village: New Year at the Theater” (“Komachimura shibai no shôgatsu”)

Katsukawa Shun’ei Japanese, 1762–1819

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as Ono Sadakuro in the Play Chuko Ryogoku Ori, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1790

Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

The Sumo Wrestler Kurogumo Otozô with the Teahouse Waitress Naniwa Okita

Katsukawa Shun’ei Japanese, 1762–1819

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as the Spirit of Lady Shiragiku in the Play Hatsu Midori Saiwai Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Third Month, 1791

Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

The Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Oiso no Tora in the Play Gohiiki no Hana Aikyo Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the First Month, 1794

Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

Act Five: Yamazaki Highway from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)

Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Okaru in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eighth Month, 1787

Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

Empress Jingu (left), and Her Minister Takenouchi no Sukune (right)

Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Lady Tomoe (Tomoe Gozen) in the Play Yasa Gumbai Miyako no Jindori, Performed at the Miyako Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1793

Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

The actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu III as the Gion prostitute Onayo in the play "Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga," performed at the Miyako Theater in the fifth month, 1794

Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

Youth Dancing with a Spear

Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hei Shinno Masakado in the Play Hana no O-Edo Masakado Matsuri, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1789

Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

Act Four: Enya Hangan's Castle from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)

Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

Onoe Matsusuke I as the Ghost of the Warrior Ki no Natora, in Kiku no En Mukashi no Miyako

Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

Bust Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Tanabe Bunzo in the play Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga (Blooming Iris: Soga Vendetta of the Bunroku Era), Performed at the Miyako Theater from the Fifth Day of the Fifth Month, 1794

Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

Dance Interlude “The Wife from Shinoda Forest" (“Shinodazuma”) in “Mirror of Ashiya Dôman and Ôuchi” (“Dôman Ôuchi kagami”), from the series Designs for Patchwork Pictures (Oshie-gata)

Katsukawa Shun’ei Japanese, 1762–1819