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Katsukawa Shunsh\u014d (Japanese 1726-1792)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As the leading artist of the Katsukawa school of ukiyo-e printmaking during his lifetime, Katsumiyagawa Y\u016bsuke adopted the name of the studio as his surname to become Katsukawa Shunsh\u014d. While it was only one of the art-names (or g\u014d) <\/em>that he took in his lifetime, it is the one by which he is best known today. Shunsh\u014d covered a wide variety of subjects in his paintings and prints, but became most famous for pioneering yakusha-e<\/em> (or \u201cactor prints\u201d), which depicted kabuki actors in costume or mid-performance. While we don\u2019t possess any of his actor portraits in our collection, we have some done by later artists who show the evolution of the style (see The Utagawa School<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Katsukawa Shunsh\u014d, Empress Jit\u014d , from the Eastern Brocade of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Nishiki hyakunin isshu azuma-ori \u9326\u767e\u4eba\u4e00\u9996\u3042\u3064\u307e\u7e54)<\/em>, ca. 1775, woodblock print, 11 3\/8 x 7 3\/4 in., Bates College Museum of Art, Gift of Douglas J. Macko ’65, 2006.2.12<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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