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Artists›Katsukawa Shunchô

Katsukawa Shunchô

Japanese, 1750–1821

WA-00003048

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None documented

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105

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WikidataQ2799156

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About

Why this artist matters now

Katsukawa Shunchō was a Japanese designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints, who was active from about 1783 to about 1795.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 70% · Updated 2mo ago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (76)

A Thousand Autumns, Ten Thousand Years on Tokiwa Bridge

1790 · color woodblock print

Overall: 36.9 x 25.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Women Accompanying a Girl to a Shrine

1790 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 39.1 x 26.1 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Three Women at the Base of a Pine Tree

1790 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

15 1/8 × 10 1/8 in. (38.4 × 25.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Sumo Wrestler Tanikaze and the Waitress Okita of the Naniwaya

1789 · Color woodblock print; oban

39.1 × 25.6 cm (15 3/8 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Narcissus in Winter, from the series "Choicest Odes upon Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shuku awase, shiki no hana)"

1787 · Color woodblock print; chuban

26.2 × 19.5 cm (10 5/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Summer Bush Clover (Natsuhagi), from the series Choicest Odes upon Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shuku awase, shiki no hana)

1787 · Color woodblock print; chūban

26 × 20.3 cm (10 1/4 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rabbit-Ear Irises in Autumn, from the series "Choicest Odes upon Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shuku awase, shiki no hana)"

1787 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.4 × 19 cm (10 × 7 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cherry Blossoms in Spring, from the series "Choicest Odes upon Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shuku awase, shiki no hana)"

1787 · Color woodblock print; chuban

Art Institute of Chicago

The Waitress Okita of the Naniwaya

1787 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.8 × 25.8 cm (15 5/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Waitress Ohisa of the Takashimaya

1787 · Color woodblock print; oban

39.4 × 26.6 cm (15 1/2 × 10 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Benten Shrine in Shinobazu Pond

1786 · Color woodblock print; right sheet? of oban triptych (center: 1925.2725)

38.1 × 25.5 cm (15 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Benten Shrine in Shinobazu Pond

1786 · Color woodblock print; center sheet? of oban triptych (right: 1925.2724)

37.4 × 25.2 cm (14 11/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Scene from the Play "Imoseyama"

1786 · Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych

37.6 × 25.3 cm (14 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Young Woman Standing Beside a Pine Tree Within the Precincts of a Temple

1786 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 61 x 11.2 cm (24 x 4 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Visit to the Masaki Inari Shrine

1786 · Color woodblock print; oban triptych

37.6 × 25.1 cm (right sheet), 37.4 × 24.2 cm (center sheet), 37.6 × 25.6 cm (left sheet)

Art Institute of Chicago

Picking Flowers at Kumano Junisha Shrine in Tsunohazu

1785 · Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych

37.5 × 25.5 cm (17 7/16 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Doll Festival, from the series "Amusements of the Five Festivals (Gosetsu asobi)"

1785 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25 × 18.2 cm (9 13/16 × 7 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Three Women at the Base of a Sacred Pine Tree

1785 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.4 × 26.2 cm (15 1/8 × 10 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Picnic in Autumn

1785 · Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych

37.8 × 25.4 cm (14 7/8 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Crossing Nihonbashi Bridge

1785 · Color woodblock print; oban triptych

Each: 36.7 × 25.1 cm (14 7/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Three Women at the Base of a Sacred Pine Tree

1785 · Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

The Tanabata Festival, from the series "Amusements of the Five Festival Days (Gosetsu asobi)"

1785 · Color woodblock print; chūban

26.4 × 19.4 cm (10 3/8 × 7 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Women Admiring Peonies

1784 · Color woodblock print; oban triptych

36.6 × 23.4 cm (right sheet), 36.6 × 23.6 cm (center sheet), 36.7 × 23.7 cm (left sheet)

Art Institute of Chicago

Around the Kotatsu

1784 · Color woodblock print; oban triptych

Each sheet approx: 38.4 × 26.2 cm (12 3/4 × 8 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

76 published of 76 catalogued · 76 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Met
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Women of the Tatsumi District (from the series Eastern Customs of the Present Day)
1784 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A Thousand Autumns, Ten Thousand Years on Tokiwa Bridge
1790 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

28 assets

Interior: a girl and a kitten (late 18th century)

Smithsonian Institution

Interior: a woman helping a girl to dress (1726-1792)

Smithsonian Institution

A Thousand Autumns, Ten Thousand Years on Tokiwa Bridge (early 1790s)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Women Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Asukayama (1780s)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Young Woman Standing Beside a Pine Tree Within the Precincts of a Temple (c. late 1780s)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Women of the Tatsumi District (from the series Eastern Customs of the Present Day) (c. mid 1780s)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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