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Katsukawa.
Name used by members of a school of Japanese woodblock print designers active during the mid-Edo period (1600–1868). They worked in the ukiyoe (‘pictures of the floating world’) genre (see JAPAN, §IX, 2(iii)) and specialized in yakushae (‘pictures of actors’; prints of scenes and characters from kabuki and no). The main force behind the school was painter and print designer (1) Katsukawa Shunsho, who introduced yakusha nigaoe (‘pictures of likenesses of actors’) prints in the 1770s. The Katsukawa school dominated yakushae until the 1790s, but by the beginning of the 19th century it was showing signs of decline, overwhelmed by competition from the newly emerging UTAGAWA school. Shunsho’s most gifted students were (2) Katsukawa Shunko, (3) Katsukawa Shun’ei, (4) Katsukawa Shuncho, and Shunro, who later became famous as KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI, after his expulsion from the school. Shun’ei had many students, among whom (5) Katsukawa Shunsen (Shunko II), Shunko (Shunsho II, fl 1800–40) and Shuntei (1770–1820) became major ukiyoe artists. The following members have entries:
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