Katsukawa Shun'ei
Katsukawa Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762 – 13 December 1819) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist. Shun'ei's real surname was Isoda (磯田), and his father was a landlord named Isoda Jirōbei (磯田 次郎兵衛). His earliest known work, from 1778, is a yakusha-e signed with his personal name, Kyūjirō; another of his gō was Kyūtokusai.
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Katsukawa Shun'ei
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- Born
- 1762 · Tokyo.
- Died
- 1819
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- painter · ukiyo-e artist · xylographer · illustrator
- Teachers
- Katsukawa Shunshō
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Katsukawa Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762 – 13 December 1819) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist. Shun'ei's real surname was Isoda (磯田), and his father was a landlord named Isoda Jirōbei (磯田 次郎兵衛). His earliest known work, from 1778, is a yakusha-e signed with his personal name, Kyūjirō; another of his gō was Kyūtokusai.
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Born at Tokyo in 1762, died in 1819.
Training under Katsukawa Shunshō is recorded. Places of work recorded in the authority are Japan. Work by Katsukawa Shun'ei is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, National Museum of World Cultures and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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