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Katsukawa Shunshō

1726 - 1793

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Shunshō Katsukawa (Japanese: 勝川 春章; 1726 – 19 January 1793) was a Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style, and the leading artist of the Katsukawa school. Shunshō studied under Miyagawa Shunsui, son and student of Miyagawa Chōshun, both equally famous and talented ukiyo-e artists. Shunshō is best known for introducing a new form of yakusha-e, prints depicting Kabuki actors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katsukawa Shunshō has received more than 66,734 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Katsukawa Shunshō is the 1,403rd most popular painter (down from 1,266th in 2019), the 1,017th most popular biography from Japan (down from 940th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Katsukawa Shunshō ranks 1,403 out of 2,023. Before him are Austin Osman Spare, Giusto de' Menabuoi, Óscar Domínguez, Karl Hofer, Igor Grabar, and Jan Mostaert. After him are Mårten Eskil Winge, Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, Vicente López Portaña, Pál Szinyei Merse, Federico Zandomeneghi, and Sigrid Hjertén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1726, Katsukawa Shunshō ranks 16. Before him are Princess Louise of Denmark, Alexander Ypsilantis, Daniel Chodowiecki, Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, Charles Burney, and Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel. After him are Gabriel François Doyen, Alexander Kokorinov, Eggert Ólafsson, Jovan Rajić, Vasily Chichagov, and Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe. Among people deceased in 1793, Katsukawa Shunshō ranks 42. Before him are Charles de Bonchamps, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, Karl Philipp Moritz, John Michell, Leopold Hofmann, and Noël Martin Joseph de Necker. After him are Carl Gustaf Pilo, Anton Friedrich Büsching, Roger Sherman, Timur Shah Durrani, William Robertson, and Johann August Ephraim Goeze.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Katsukawa Shunshō ranks 1,017 out of 6,245. Before him are Yukio Kasaya (1943), Kunio Yanagita (1875), Nobuo Kawakami (1947), Toshio Furukawa (1946), Yoshiro Nakamatsu (1928), and Toyohiro Akiyama (1942). After him are Damo Suzuki (1950), Homare Sawa (1978), Toyohiko Kagawa (1888), Ogyū Sorai (1666), Hiroshi Nakajima (1928), and Moto Hagio (1949).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Katsukawa Shunshō ranks 23. Before him are Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570), Torii Kiyonobu I (1664), Kuroda Seiki (1866), On Kawara (1932), Kanō Motonobu (1476), and Tarō Okamoto (1911). After him are Maruyama Ōkyo (1733), Hiroshi Yoshida (1876), Unkei (1151), Kanō Tan'yū (1602), Toyohara Chikanobu (1838), and Uemura Shōen (1875).

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