KATSUKAWA SHUNKO (Japanese c.1726-1793)

Four Works of Figures Woodblock Prints A Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-estyle, and the leading artist of the Katsukawa school. Shunsho studied under Miyagawa Shunsui, son and student of Miyagawa Choshun, both equally famous and talented ukiyo-e artists. Shunsho is most well known for introducing a new form ofyakusha-e, prints depicting Kabuki actors. However, his bijin-ga (images of beautiful women) paintings, while less famous, are said by some scholars to be "the best in the second half of the century". W. 21.5 cm (8 1/2 in.); L. 34 cm (13 2/5 in.)