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Woodblock diptych by Gatōken Shunshi showing Sawamura Gennosuke II as Ono no Tofu (right) and Kataoka Ichizō I as Tokko no Daroku (left) in the
kabuki play Ono no Tofu Aoyagi Suzuri
Signature of Gatōken Shunshi reading “Gatōken Shunshi ga ” (画登軒 春芝 画)
Gatōken Shunshi (画登軒 春芝) was a designer of
ukiyo-e
Japanese woodblock prints in
Osaka who was active from about 1820 to 1828. He was a student of
Shunkōsai Hokushū and the teacher of
Gakōken Shunshi . Gatōken Shunshi is best known for his portraits of the
kabuki actors, especially the star
Onoe Tamizō II .
Other artists names Shunshi
There are three other, less well known,
ukiyo-e artists called “Shunshi” in English, although each is written with different
kanji :
[1]
春子 Seiyōsai Shunshi, also known as Shun’yōsai Shunshi, active 1826–8. Possibly an early name of
Hokumyō .
[2]
春枝 Gakōken Shunshi, a student of Gatōken Shunshi, active in the mid-1820s
春始 a student of Gatōken Shunshi, active in the 1830s
Notes
^ Roberts, 1976, p. 157
^ Roberts, 1976, p. 157
References
Keyes, Roger S. & Keiko Mizushima, The Theatrical World of Osaka Prints , Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1973, 276.
Lane, Richard . (1978). Images from the Floating World, The Japanese Print. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
ISBN
9780192114471 ;
OCLC 5246796
Newland, Amy Reigle, The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints , Amsterdam, Hotei Publishing, 2005, Vol. 2, 488.
Roberts, Laurance P., A Dictionary of Japanese Artists , Tokyo, Weatherhill, 1976, 157.
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