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Katsukawa Shunshō

Japanese, 1726-1792. Born 1726 in Edo; died 1792 in Edo. 14 works on this site, dated 1763–1790: 11 prints, 3 paintings.

Movements on Wikidata: Katsukawa school.

Colour fingerprint

Every work's palette as a column, oldest on the left; the height of each colour is its share of the image. Click a column to open the work.

About 1768–70About 1792
65average lightness · site paintings 44
25average colourfulness · site paintings 16
Gold & ochrelargest colour family (75%)

Gold & ochre 75% · Brown 8% · Yellow 6% · Orange 3% · Grey 3% · Red 2%

Closest colour mix among the artists here: Thomas Rowlandson, Torii Kiyonaga, Kitagawa Utamaro, Suzuki Harunobu, Jean-Antoine Watteau.

Recurring themes: Portraits (1), Reading and letters (1), Flowers (1), Music and dance (1)

Works

Yang Guifei, Katsukawa Shunshō Yang Guifei Katsukawa Shunshō, 1789-92 Dancer with a Maple Branch, Katsukawa Shunshō Dancer with a Maple Branch Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1780-90 Three Beauties Chatting by a Veranda, Katsukawa Shunshō Three Beauties Chatting by a Veranda Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1792 Memorial Portrait of Actor Ichikawa Ebizô II (Danjûrô II) as a Peddler of the Medicine Uirô, Katsukawa Shunshō Memorial Portrait of Actor Ichikawa Ebizô II (Danjûrô II) as a Peddler of the Medicine Uirô Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1768–70 The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Shinoda Jirodayu in the Play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1772, Katsukawa Shunshō The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Shinoda Jirodayu in the Play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1772 Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772 The Actor Otani Tomoemon I as Kasahari Hokkyo in the Play Kazoe Uta Ta Ue Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1776, Katsukawa Shunshō The Actor Otani Tomoemon I as Kasahari Hokkyo in the Play Kazoe Uta Ta Ue Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1776 Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1776 The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the Courtesan Agemaki in the Play Sukeroku Yukari no Hatsu-zakura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1776, Katsukawa Shunshō The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the Courtesan Agemaki in the Play Sukeroku Yukari no Hatsu-zakura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1776 Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1776 The Actor Nakajima Kanzaemon III as Yaguchi no Karasu-baba in the Play Hono Nitta Daimyojin, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1777, Katsukawa Shunshō The Actor Nakajima Kanzaemon III as Yaguchi no Karasu-baba in the Play Hono Nitta Daimyojin, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1777 Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1777 The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo Disguised as a Beggar, in the Play Tsukisenu Haru Hagoromo Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1777, Katsukawa Shunshō The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo Disguised as a Beggar, in the Play Tsukisenu Haru Hagoromo Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1777 Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1777 Act Eight: Bridal Journey from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers), Katsukawa Shunshō Act Eight: Bridal Journey from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers) Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1779/80 Act Six: Yoichibei's House from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers), Katsukawa Shunshō Act Six: Yoichibei's House from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers) Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1779/80 Courtesans of the Obishiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2, Katsukawa Shunshō Courtesans of the Obishiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2 Katsukawa Shunshō, 1776 Chrysanthemums, Katsukawa Shunshō Chrysanthemums Katsukawa Shunshō, early 1780s The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Osuwa in the Play Koi no Yosuga Kanagaki Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Monther, 1789, Katsukawa Shunshō The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Osuwa in the Play Koi no Yosuga Kanagaki Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Monther, 1789 Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1789

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