Katsukawa school

Katsukawa school

The Katsukawa school (勝川派, "-ha") was a school of Japanese "ukiyo-e" art, founded by Miyagawa Shunsui. It specialized in paintings ("nikuhitsuga") and prints of kabuki actors ("yakusha-e"), sumo wrestlers, and beautiful women ("bijinga").

Shunsui was the son and student of Miyagawa Chōshun, and he in turn taught Katsukawa Shunshō, who is regarded as one of the leading artists of the school. Shunshō personally focused on headshot actor portraits in his prints, and "bijin" in his paintings.

Other artists of the school included Shunchō, Shun'ei, Harunobu and Hokusai (as Katsukawa Shunrō).

The Katsukawa school was created as the result of political oppression of the Kanō school of painting by the Tokugawa shogunate around 1750. Many of the students of Chōshun and Shunsui were arrested and banished, and Chōshun died soon afterwards in 1752. Though the shogunate seemed benevolently inclined towards the Miyagawa school, Shunsui changed the name to Katsu-Miyagawa and then simply to Katsukawa.

The school was particularly popular in the last decades of the 18th century, and was renowned for its realistic actor portraits. Unlike those of the Torii school, which were more stylized, Katsukawa portraits sought to express the individual identities and personalities of those depicted. Around 1800, however, the Utagawa school rose to prominence, replacing the Katsukawa in producing the most popular actor portraits. The school thus came to an end around 1840.

ignificant artists of the school

*Miyagawa Shunsui
*Katsukawa Shunshō
*Katsukawa Shunchō
*Katsukawa Shun'ei
*Suzuki Harunobu
*Hokusai (as Katsukawa Shunrō)

References

* [http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/ Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System (JAANUS)] . (2001). Accessed 29 August 2006.


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