Cherry Blossoms in Spring, from the series "Choicest Odes upon Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shuku awase, shiki no hana)"
Katsukawa Shunchô
c. 1792
Medium
Color woodblock print; chuban
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
36641
About the Artist
Katsukawa Shunchô · 1780–1801
Katsukawa Shunchō was a Japanese designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints active from approximately 1780 to 1795, one of the most graceful practitioners of the art of bijinga — pictures of beautiful women. He trained in the studio of Katsukawa Shunshō, the founding master of the Katsukawa School, whose pupils also included the young Hokusai. Shunshō's school was primarily known for realistic portraits...