Japanese Women - SOLD

Japanese Women is a superb color xilograph, realized by the Japanese master  Katsukawa Shuncho (active in 1783-1795).

A group of women is portrayed with traditional Japanese dresses and fans.

Signed with stamps on the lower right margin, censor stamp on the left.

In very good condition, with the signs of aging and some sporadic stains. 

Katsukawa Shunsho (1726 - 1793), Katsukawa Shunsho was a Japanese painter and engraver, exponent of the ukiyo-e style and the main artist of the Katsukawa school. Shunsho studied at Miyagawa Shunsui, and is known for introducing kabuki actors to a new form of yakusha-e. His paintings bijin-ga (images of beautiful women), although less famous, are defined by some scholars as "the best of the second half of the [XVIII]century". Among his students were the famous ukiyo-e artists Shuncho, Shun'ei and Hokusai. Most of the prints of Shunsho actors are in hoso-e (33x15 centimeters) common format of the period, but he also created a large number of works in triptychs or pentattics. He was also one of the first pioneers of realistic experiments on actors; in Shunsho's paintings, unlike the works of the Torii school, it is possible for the first time to distinguish not only the theatrical role, but also the actor who plays this role.

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