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Three Yoshiwara women on the veranda of a house and a fourth woman coming toward them from the garden where a cherry tree is in bloom

Three Yoshiwara women on the veranda of a house and a fourth woman com...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Kagekiyo at the battle of Yashima tearing off the neck covering  of the armor of Minamoto Miyo no Yashiro Kunitoshi while engaged in single combat with him

Kagekiyo at the battle of Yashima tearing off the neck covering of th...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Noritzune (Noto no Kami) at the battle  of Dan no Ura, about to spring into Yoshitsune's boat

Noritzune (Noto no Kami) at the battle of Dan no Ura, about to spring...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Kagekiyo escaping from prison, Shunsho Katsukawa

Kagekiyo escaping from prison, Shunsho Katsukawa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Women cutting mulberry leaves and feeding the pieces to the young silkworms

Women cutting mulberry leaves and feeding the pieces to the young silk...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Women gathering silkworm cocoons, Shunsho Katsukawa

Women gathering silkworm cocoons, Shunsho Katsukawa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Minamoto no Yoshitzune, the most famous of Japanese heroes, in full armor, mounted upon his black horse Sarusumi

Minamoto no Yoshitzune, the most famous of Japanese heroes, in full ar...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Miura no Osuke, famous as a long-lived hero, defending himself in his old age from Wada

Miura no Osuke, famous as a long-lived hero, defending himself in his ...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

The fire buckets at the entrance gate to the Yoshiwara./Flowers

The fire buckets at the entrance gate to the Yoshiwara./Flowers

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Asahina Saburo, a twelfth century warrior noted for his strength, trying to drag Soga no Goro into the house of Tora no Oiso

Asahina Saburo, a twelfth century warrior noted for his strength, tryi...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Five Yoshiwara women playing the game of Utagaruta (poetry card game)

Five Yoshiwara women playing the game of Utagaruta (poetry card game)

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Yoshiwara women in a room in a joroya, playing the fan throwing game (tosen-kyo)

Yoshiwara women in a room in a joroya, playing the fan throwing game (...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Women brushing silkworm eggs from the cards into the feeding trays

Women brushing silkworm eggs from the cards into the feeding trays

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo, Shunsho Katsukawa

Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo, Shunsho Katsukawa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Three Yoshiwara women grouped around a hibachi and a third standing upon the veranda outside watching the fall of the first snow flakes of winter

Three Yoshiwara women grouped around a hibachi and a third standing up...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Five Yoshiwara women visiting a Shinto temple. One is dipping a cup of water from the chozubachi for the hand washing purification.  The others have paused beneath the torii to play with a puppy

Five Yoshiwara women visiting a Shinto temple. One is dipping a cup of...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Three Yoshiwara women on the veranda of a house, the middle one holding a letter; a fourth woman just within the house grinding ink upon an ink-stone

Three Yoshiwara women on the veranda of a house, the middle one holdin...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Four Yoshiwara women, one standing, the others seated in a parlor, the shoji pushed aside at the back, showing an ume tree in bloom

Four Yoshiwara women, one standing, the others seated in a parlor, the...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Two Yoshiwara women seated in a room playing nanushi ken, and three others looking on

Two Yoshiwara women seated in a room playing nanushi ken, and three ot...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Women weaving silk, Shunsho Katsukawa

Women weaving silk, Shunsho Katsukawa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Watanabe no Tsuna and the Oni (demon) at the Rasho gate of Kyoto

Watanabe no Tsuna and the Oni (demon) at the Rasho gate of Kyoto

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Watanabe no Tsuna and the Oni (demon) at the Rasho gate of Kyoto

Watanabe no Tsuna and the Oni (demon) at the Rasho gate of Kyoto

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Tomoe Gozen, concubine of Kisz Yoshinake, killing the strong man Uchida Ieyoshi at Awazu no Haru in 1184

Tomoe Gozen, concubine of Kisz Yoshinake, killing the strong man Uchid...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Watanabe no Tsuna and the Oni (demon) at the Rasho gate of Kyoto

Watanabe no Tsuna and the Oni (demon) at the Rasho gate of Kyoto

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Iris and water plants, Shunsho Katsukawa, Kitao Shigemasa

Iris and water plants, Shunsho Katsukawa, Kitao Shigemasa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Women and children watching the flight of silkworm moths

Women and children watching the flight of silkworm moths

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Three Yoshiwara women on the veranda of a joroya, admiring the autumn full moon

Three Yoshiwara women on the veranda of a joroya, admiring the autumn ...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Kajiwara Genda Kagesuye mounted upon Yoshitsune's horse Surusumi, about to cross the river Uji

Kajiwara Genda Kagesuye mounted upon Yoshitsune's horse Surusumi, abou...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Kajiwara Genda Kagesuye mounted upon Yoshitsune's horse Surusumi, about to cross the river Uji

Kajiwara Genda Kagesuye mounted upon Yoshitsune's horse Surusumi, abou...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Three Yoshiwara women in a field near a small stream catching singing locusts (mushi)

Three Yoshiwara women in a field near a small stream catching singing ...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Chrysanthemums, Shunsho Katsukawa, Kitao Shigemasa

Chrysanthemums, Shunsho Katsukawa, Kitao Shigemasa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Group of four Yoshiwara women looking at an elaborate flower arrangement in a bronze vase

Group of four Yoshiwara women looking at an elaborate flower arrangeme...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Two Yoshiwara women standing in the doorway of a joroya, looking at a snow-laden pine tree in the garden.  In the house back of them a third woman is seated by a brazier

Two Yoshiwara women standing in the doorway of a joroya, looking at a ...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Group of five Yoshiwara women on the veranda of a house, in the time of the cherry blossoming

Group of five Yoshiwara women on the veranda of a house, in the time o...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Four Yoshiwara women in a room in a joroya; two are standing engaged in conversation and two are seated by a hibachi

Four Yoshiwara women in a room in a joroya; two are standing engaged i...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Asahina Saburo, a twelfth century warrior noted for his strength, trying to drag Soga no Goro into the house of Tora no Oiso

Asahina Saburo, a twelfth century warrior noted for his strength, tryi...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

The actor Nakamura Katsugoro, Shunsho Katsukawa

The actor Nakamura Katsugoro, Shunsho Katsukawa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

The empress Jingo Kogo attired as a warrior, and mounted upon a horse, writing with a bow the words "Koku O" (Ruler of the State) upon the cliff, while her Minister of State, Takenouchi no Sukune is seated by her upon the ground

The empress Jingo Kogo attired as a warrior, and mounted upon a horse,...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Sanada no Yoichi trying to behead Matana no Goro whom he has thrown to the ground, but finding it impossible to draw his short sword from its scabbard owing to congealed blood

Sanada no Yoichi trying to behead Matana no Goro whom he has thrown to...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Three Yoshiwara women admiring the flowers of a tree peony blooming in the garden of a joroya

Three Yoshiwara women admiring the flowers of a tree peony blooming in...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Group of four Yoshiwara women in a room in a joroya.  Two are cutting out doll's clothes, one is listening to a singing bird in a cage, and the fourth is smoking

Group of four Yoshiwara women in a room in a joroya. Two are cutting ...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Group of four Yoshiwara women in a room in a joroya.  Two are looking up famous poems in books, a third is writing them upon narrow slips of colored paper (tanjaku), and the fourth is tying them upon a bamboo tree, which is thus being decorated fo rthe Tanabata festival (seventh day of the seventh month)

Group of four Yoshiwara women in a room in a joroya. Two are looking ...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Group of four Yoshiwara women viewing Mount Fuji from the upper room of a joroya. One of them has a spy glass in her hand

Group of four Yoshiwara women viewing Mount Fuji from the upper room o...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Three Yoshiwara women seated in a room in a joroya cooking delicacies

Three Yoshiwara women seated in a room in a joroya cooking delicacies

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Two Yoshiwara women watching another woman remove the ice from the water holder on a frosty morning

Two Yoshiwara women watching another woman remove the ice from the wat...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Two Yoshiwara women struggling for the possession of a doll, and two others watching them, one seated on the veranda and one standing by her side

Two Yoshiwara women struggling for the possession of a doll, and two o...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Yoshitsune and his concubine Shizuka, Shunsho Katsukawa

Yoshitsune and his concubine Shizuka, Shunsho Katsukawa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Miura no Osuke, famous as a long-lived hero, defending himself in his old age from Wada

Miura no Osuke, famous as a long-lived hero, defending himself in his ...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Three Yoshiwara women admiring the pine trees in the joroya garden covered with a heavy mantle of snow

Three Yoshiwara women admiring the pine trees in the joroya garden cov...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo, Shunsho Katsukawa

Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo, Shunsho Katsukawa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Minamoto no Yoshitzune, the most famous of Japanese heroes, in full armor, mounted upon his black horse Sarusumi

Minamoto no Yoshitzune, the most famous of Japanese heroes, in full ar...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

The empress Jingo Kogo attired as a warrior, and mounted upon a horse, writing with a bow the words "Koku O" (Ruler of the State) upon the cliff, while her Minister of State, Takenouchi no Sukune is seated by her upon the ground

The empress Jingo Kogo attired as a warrior, and mounted upon a horse,...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Group of five Yoshiwara women in a room in a joroya, looking at gold fish in a shallow tank

Group of five Yoshiwara women in a room in a joroya, looking at gold f...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Three Yoshiwara women admiring the pine trees in the joroya garden covered with a heavy mantle of snow

Three Yoshiwara women admiring the pine trees in the joroya garden cov...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Yoshiwara women walking in the Naka no cho, the principle street of the quarter

Yoshiwara women walking in the Naka no cho, the principle street of th...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Yoshiwara women watching a cock fight, Shunsho Katsukawa

Yoshiwara women watching a cock fight, Shunsho Katsukawa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Three Yoshiwara women at a chrysanthemum show, Shunsho Katsukawa

Three Yoshiwara women at a chrysanthemum show, Shunsho Katsukawa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Tomoe Gozen, concubine of Kisz Yoshinake, killing the strong man Uchida Ieyoshi at Awazu no Haru in 1184

Tomoe Gozen, concubine of Kisz Yoshinake, killing the strong man Uchid...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Sanada no Yoichi trying to behead Matana no Goro whom he has thrown to the ground, but finding it impossible to draw his short sword from its scabbard owing to congealed blood

Sanada no Yoichi trying to behead Matana no Goro whom he has thrown to...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Women gathering silkworm cocoons, Shunsho Katsukawa

Women gathering silkworm cocoons, Shunsho Katsukawa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Three Yoshiwara women in a room in a joroya.  One is reading a book and the others are writing poems

Three Yoshiwara women in a room in a joroya. One is reading a book an...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Four Yoshiwara women in a room grouped around a writing table

Four Yoshiwara women in a room grouped around a writing table

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

A merchant selling the silk to fair customers seated in his shop

A merchant selling the silk to fair customers seated in his shop

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Kagekiyo escaping from prison, Shunsho Katsukawa

Kagekiyo escaping from prison, Shunsho Katsukawa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

A Yoshiwara woman arranging flowers in a bronze vase and two women looking on

A Yoshiwara woman arranging flowers in a bronze vase and two women loo...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Two Yoshiwara women standing in the doorway of a joroya, looking at a snow-laden pine tree in the garden.  In the house back of them a third woman is seated by a brazier

Two Yoshiwara women standing in the doorway of a joroya, looking at a ...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Sasaki Takatsuna fording the river Uji, mounted upon Ikezuki, one of Yoritomo's horses

Sasaki Takatsuna fording the river Uji, mounted upon Ikezuki, one of Y...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Yoshitsune and his concubine Shizuka, Shunsho Katsukawa

Yoshitsune and his concubine Shizuka, Shunsho Katsukawa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Sasaki Takatsuna fording the river Uji, mounted upon Ikezuki, one of Yoritomo's horses

Sasaki Takatsuna fording the river Uji, mounted upon Ikezuki, one of Y...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Sasaki Takatsuna killing the fisherman, Shunsho Katsukawa

Sasaki Takatsuna killing the fisherman, Shunsho Katsukawa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Group of four Yoshiwara women seated in a parlor playing the game of ko awase (incense smelling)

Group of four Yoshiwara women seated in a parlor playing the game of k...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Two Yoshiwara women playing sugoroku (similar to backgammon), and a third woman watching them and leaning over a hibachi upon which a charcoal fire is burning

Two Yoshiwara women playing sugoroku (similar to backgammon), and a th...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Three Yoshiwara women setting off incense fire-works while seated on a wooden bench under a pine tree

Three Yoshiwara women setting off incense fire-works while seated on a...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Noritzune (Noto no Kami) at the battle  of Dan no Ura, about to spring into Yoshitsune's boat

Noritzune (Noto no Kami) at the battle of Dan no Ura, about to spring...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Sasaki Takatsuna killing the fisherman, Shunsho Katsukawa

Sasaki Takatsuna killing the fisherman, Shunsho Katsukawa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Kagekiyo escaping from prison, Shunsho Katsukawa

Kagekiyo escaping from prison, Shunsho Katsukawa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

The actor Segawa Kikunojo as a woman dancing the Cho (Butterfly) odori

The actor Segawa Kikunojo as a woman dancing the Cho (Butterfly) odori

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Two Yoshiwara women on their way to the football court which appears in the background, and two others sitting on the veranda of a house, smoking

Two Yoshiwara women on their way to the football court which appears i...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Four Yoshiwara women in a garden viewing the cherry blossoms

Four Yoshiwara women in a garden viewing the cherry blossoms

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

A Yoshiwara woman reclining, another sitting on the floor of a room in a joroya, and a third woman holding up a spray of morning glory for her sisters to admire

A Yoshiwara woman reclining, another sitting on the floor of a room in...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Four Yoshiwara women practicing archery, Shunsho Katsukawa, Kitao Shigemasa

Four Yoshiwara women practicing archery, Shunsho Katsukawa, Kitao Shig...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

The actor Iwai Hanshiro as a woman carrying  chrysanthemum flowers in a bucket, a straw fence in the background

The actor Iwai Hanshiro as a woman carrying chrysanthemum flowers in ...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Women weaving silk, Shunsho Katsukawa

Women weaving silk, Shunsho Katsukawa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

A merchant selling the silk to fair customers seated in his shop

A merchant selling the silk to fair customers seated in his shop

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Yoshiwara women playing the koto, samisen, and shakuhachi, one smoking and writing a letter

Yoshiwara women playing the koto, samisen, and shakuhachi, one smoking...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Three Yoshiwara women setting off incense fire-works while seated on a wooden bench under a pine tree

Three Yoshiwara women setting off incense fire-works while seated on a...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Yoshiwara women looking at dolls for the Hina no Sekku, or Festival of Dolls, on the third day of the month of March

Yoshiwara women looking at dolls for the Hina no Sekku, or Festival of...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Group of four Yoshiwara women on the veranda  of joroya. One is playing with a kitten, one is reading a letter and the others are discussing it with her

Group of four Yoshiwara women on the veranda of joroya. One is playin...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Group of five Yoshiwara women in a room in a joroya.  one is reading a letter aloud and the others are listening. Outside, through the open shoji, a flock of wild geese is seen flying down

Group of five Yoshiwara women in a room in a joroya. one is reading a...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Women and children watching the flight of silkworm moths

Women and children watching the flight of silkworm moths

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Tadanobu, one of the chief retainers of Minamoto Yoshitune slaying one of his would-be captors with a heavy go table when betrayed to Yoritomo by his mistress

Tadanobu, one of the chief retainers of Minamoto Yoshitune slaying one...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

The  actor Iwai Hanshiro in a female role

The actor Iwai Hanshiro in a female role

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

The actor Nakamura Matsue in the role of a woman holding a branch of plum blossom

The actor Nakamura Matsue in the role of a woman holding a branch of p...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Women cutting mulberry leaves and feeding the pieces to the young silkworms

Women cutting mulberry leaves and feeding the pieces to the young silk...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Kagekiyo at the battle of Yashima tearing off the neck covering  of the armor of Minamoto Miyo no Yashiro Kunitoshi while engaged in single combat with him

Kagekiyo at the battle of Yashima tearing off the neck covering of th...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More