Isoda Koryūsai

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Isoda Koryūsai ( Japanese 磯 田 湖 龍 斎 , actually Isoda Masakatsu ( 磯 田 政 勝 ); dates unknown) was a Japanese painter in the ukiyoe style, who was active from around 1772 to 1789.

life and work

Isoda was a mid Edo period ukiyoe artist who was active in the 1770s and created a number of prints of beautiful women. He was a samurai of the Tsuchiya-Han, but gave up this position in order to become an ukiyoe artist. It is said that he was the student of Nishimura Shigenaga ( 西村 重 長 ; circa 1697–1756) or a friend of Suzuki Harunobu . He worked when Harunobu was at the height of his fame, creating prints based heavily on his style, signed as "Haruhiro" ( 春 広 ). After Harunobu's death in 1770 he called himself "Koryūsai" and developed his own style.

His best-known work is a series of prints entitled "Young Dolls in Their New Year's Clothes " ( 雛形 若 菜 の 初 模 様Hinagata wakana no hatsumoyō ) depicting the courtesans of Yoshiwara , Edo . He turned out to be an excellent designer of genre scenes.

Isoda loved the elongated print format Hashira-e ( 柱 絵 ), the format called “post pictures”. In his later years he turned to his subject area of ​​painting and received the honorary title Hokkyō.

photos

  • Young dolls, Ōkachi-ya

  • Young dolls,
    Chōji-ya

  • Young dolls,
    Kadokana-ya

  • Young dolls

  • Family with rabbits

  • Hunter and deer

literature

  • Inagaki, Shin'ichi: Isoda Koryūsai. In: Ukiyoe Nyūmon . Kawade, 1990, ISBN 4-309-72476-0 .
  • Tazawa, Yutaka: Isoda Koryūsai . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art . Kodansha International, 1981, ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .
  • Laurence P. Roberts: Isoda Koryūsai . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists . Weatherhill, 1976, ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .

Web links

Commons : Isoda Koryūsai  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ GND 129849049 names 1735–1790 as life data. (Access date: August 12, 2018)
  2. ↑ Hokkyō ( 法 橋 ), literally "Bridge of the Law", was an honorary title for artists and other professions.
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Isoda is the family name, Koryūsai the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Isoda, Koryūsai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 磯 田 湖 龍 斎 (stage name, Japanese); Isoda Masakatsu (real name); 磯 田 政 勝 (real name, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese painter
DATE OF BIRTH 18th century
DATE OF DEATH 18th century or 19th century