Shunko

2 works by Shunko (Japanese, 1750–1832) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.

Shunkōsai Hokushū (春好斎　北洲), who is also known as Shunkō IV, was a designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints in Osaka who was active from about 1802 to 1832. He is known to have been a student of Shōkōsai Hambei, and may have also studied with Hokusai. He used the name Shunkō (春好) until 1818, when he changed his name to Shunkōsai Hokushū. He was the most important artist in Osaka during the 1810s and 1820s and established the Osaka style of actor prints.

Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

At a glance

Most of Shunko's work on the site falls under Prints (2).

By movement, it's catalogued as Meiji period (1868–1912) (1), Japanese (culture or style) (1).

Culture: Japanese (2).

By orientation: 2 portrait.

Other Japanese artists of the period

Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:

• Katsushika Hokusai — 1,000 artworks
• Kitagawa Utamaro — 649 artworks
• Totoya Hokkei — 195 artworks
• Utagawa Toyokuni I — 192 artworks
• Toyokuni Utagawa — 123 artworks
• Isoda Koryūsai — 74 artworks
• Utagawa Toyohiro — 64 artworks
• Katsukawa Shunshō — 55 artworks

Prints of these artworks

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Sizes and framing

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Framed Canvas and Framed Print orders are available in 8 frame colours (Black, White, Natural, Gold, Walnut, Silver, Dark Grey, Light Grey); Canvas and Rolled Canvas have no frame and no glass.