De Chinese generaal Chôhi te paard op een brug
Katsukawa Shuntei
c. 1816
Medium
nishikie, with metallic pigments
Dimensions
186; 209
About this artwork
J.A. Bierens de Haan Bequest, Amsterdam
About the Artist
Katsukawa Shuntei · 1770–1820
Katsukawa Shuntei (1770–1820), originally named Yamaguchi Chōjūrō, was a versatile ukiyo-e printmaker of Japan's Edo period under the Tokugawa shogunate. His early life remains sparsely documented, but by the late 1790s, he had entered the prestigious Katsukawa school, studying under the master Katsukawa Shun'ei, who led the school following the death of founder Shunshō. Shuntei's earliest authent...