Katsugawa Shunsho

(1726–1793) Japanese artist (1726-1793)

Katsugawa Shunsho (Japan, 1726–1793) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Katsugawa Shunsho belongs to the chapter ‘Edo: the floating world’ in this site’s history of art.

Katsugawa Shunsho was born in Edo and died in Edo. Katsugawa Shunsho studied under Kō Sūkoku. Wikidata associates Katsugawa Shunsho with Katsukawa school. The students included Katsukawa Shun'ei and Katsukawa Shunrin.

The catalogue has 22 works by Katsugawa Shunsho with free images. The dated works span the years 1735–1804. Works by Katsugawa Shunsho are held by several collections, among them Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Vanderbilt Museum of Art, and Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Sō Shiseki, Itō Jakuchū, Ike no Taiga, Ippitsusai Bunchô, and Eishōsai Chōki.

• Edo: the floating world