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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 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

Among painters, Katsukawa Shunshō ranks 1,267 out of 1,421Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1726, Katsukawa Shunshō ranks 16Before 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 38Before 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.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Katsukawa Shunshō ranks 943 out of 6,048Before 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).

Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Katsukawa Shunshō ranks 25Before 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).