Katsukawa Shunshō II (二代目勝川春章) (artist )

Kyokushosei (go)
Matsui Shunkō

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Biography:

This Edo artist was active from ca. 1818 or earlier to 1843.

"Shunshō II was originally a pupil of Shun'ei, using the name Matsui Shunkō (written with a different character for 'kō' from Shunshō I's famous pupil). In 1832, the fortieth anniversary of Shunshō I's death and the thirteenth anniversary of Shun'ei's death, he took the name Shunshō II and the gō Kyokushōsei in imitation of Shunshō I's gō Kyokurōsei. He is known principally for actor and warrior prints..."

Quoted from: Ukiyo-e Paintings in the British Museum by Timothy Clark, p. 111.

Minamoto Yoshinaka and His Four Retainers Defeat the Tengu in the Deep Mountains of Kiso (<i>Minamoto Yoshinaka Shitennō to tomo ni Kiso no okuyama ni tengu o taiji su</i> - 源義仲四天王トともに木曽の奥山に天狗を退治す)
Related Object: Minamoto Yoshinaka and His Four Retainers Defeat the Tengu in the Deep Mountains of Kiso (Minamoto Yoshinaka Shitennō to tomo ni Kiso no okuyama ni tengu o taiji su - 源義仲四天王トともに木曽の奥山に天狗を退治す)