Gatōken Shunshi

Gatōken Shunshi (画登軒 春芝) was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints in Osaka who was active from about 1820 to 1828. He was a student of Shunkōsai Hokushū and the teacher of Gakōken Shunshi. Gatōken Shunshi is best known for his portraits of the kabuki actors, especially the star Onoe Tamizō II.

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  Signatures of other artists named Shunshi from left to right: “Seiyōsai Shunshi ga” (青陽齋　春子　画) and “Gakōken Shunshi ga”( 画好軒　春枝　画)

There are three other, less well known, ukiyo-e artists called “Shunshi” in English, although each is written with different kanji:

• 春子 Seiyōsai Shunshi, also known as Shun’yōsai Shunshi, active 1826-8. Possibly an early name of Hokumyō.
• 春枝 Gakōken Shunshi, a student of Gatōken Shunshi, active in the mid-1820s
• 春始 a student of Gatōken Shunshi, active in the 1830s

• Roberts, 1976, p. 157
• Roberts, 1976, p. 157