1726 - 1793
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 59,241 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Katsukawa Shunshō is the 1,267th most popular painter, the 943rd most popular biography from Japan and the 25th most popular Japanese Painter.
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Among painters, Katsukawa Shunshō ranks 1,267 out of 1,421. Before him are Fanny Brate, Unkei, Alan Lee, Davide Ghirlandaio, Kanō Motonobu, and Igor Grabar. After him are Władysław Podkowiński, Karl von Blaas, Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury, Azim Azimzade, Nathan Altman, and Josef Kriehuber.
1861 - 1940
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 1,261
1151 - 1223
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 1,262
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 1,263
1452 - 1525
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 1,264
1476 - 1559
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 1,265
1871 - 1960
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 1,266
1726 - 1793
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 1,267
1866 - 1895
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 1,268
1815 - 1894
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 1,269
1797 - 1890
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 1,270
1880 - 1943
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 1,271
1889 - 1970
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 1,272
1800 - 1876
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 1,273
Among people born in 1726, Katsukawa Shunshō ranks 16. Before him are Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Daniel Chodowiecki, Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, Alexander Ypsilantis, Charles Burney, and Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel. After him are Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Vasily Chichagov, Eggert Ólafsson, Alexander Kokorinov, Benjamin Harrison V, and Thomas Pennant. Among people deceased in 1793, Katsukawa Shunshō ranks 38. Before him are William Aiton, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, Karl Philipp Moritz, Charles de Bonchamps, and Leopold Hofmann. After him are Timur Shah Durrani, Roger Sherman, Anton Friedrich Büsching, Noël Martin Joseph de Necker, Peter Perez Burdett, and William Robertson.
1726 - 1759
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 10
1726 - 1801
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 11
1726 - 1754
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 12
1726 - 1807
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 13
1726 - 1814
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 14
1726 - 1808
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 15
1726 - 1793
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 16
1726 - 1799
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 17
1726 - 1809
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 18
1726 - 1768
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 19
1726 - 1772
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 20
1726 - 1791
HPI: 43.03
Rank: 21
1726 - 1798
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 22
1731 - 1793
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 32
1718 - 1793
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 33
1742 - 1793
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 34
1756 - 1793
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 35
1760 - 1793
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 36
1738 - 1793
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 37
1726 - 1793
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 38
1748 - 1793
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 39
1721 - 1793
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 40
1724 - 1793
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 41
1730 - 1793
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 42
1734 - 1793
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 43
1721 - 1793
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 44
Among people born in Japan, Katsukawa Shunshō ranks 943 out of 6,048. Before him are Abe Masahiro (1819), Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), Noriaki Kasai (1972), Uesugi Harunori (1751), Unkei (1151), and Kanō Motonobu (1476). After him are Megumi Hayashibara (1967), Sekiryo Kaneda (1901), Shinji Kagawa (1989), Kenji Kawai (1957), Peter Shirayanagi (1928), and Sion Sono (1961).
1819 - 1857
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 937
1896 - 1973
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 938
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 939
1751 - 1822
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 940
1151 - 1223
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 941
1476 - 1559
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 942
1726 - 1793
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 943
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 944
1901 - 1949
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 945
1989 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 946
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 947
1928 - 2009
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 948
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 949
Among painters born in Japan, Katsukawa Shunshō ranks 25. Before him are On Kawara (1932), Utagawa Toyokuni (1769), Tarō Okamoto (1911), Kuroda Seiki (1866), Unkei (1151), and Kanō Motonobu (1476). After him are Uemura Shōen (1875), Torii Kiyonobu I (1664), Toyohara Chikanobu (1838), Kanō Tan'yū (1602), Ogata Kenzan (1663), and Hashimoto Gahō (1835).
1932 - 2014
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 19
1769 - 1825
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 20
1911 - 1996
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 21
1866 - 1924
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 22
1151 - 1223
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 23
1476 - 1559
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 24
1726 - 1793
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 25
1875 - 1949
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 26
1664 - 1729
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 27
1838 - 1912
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 28
1602 - 1674
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 29
1663 - 1743
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 30
1835 - 1908
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 31