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Kubo Shunman - A strolling courtier waves to a lady-in-waiting sitting on a veranda with her young attendant

A strolling courtier waves to a lady-in-waiting sitting on a veranda with her young attendant (1813)

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
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Kubo Shunman was a Japanese artist and writer. He produced ukiyo-e prints and paintings, gesaku novels, and kyōka and haiku poetry.

Shunman was born in about 1757 (Hōreki 7 on the Japanese calendar) with the surname of either Kubo (窪) or Kubota (窪田) and the given name Yasubei (易兵衛 or 安兵衛). He was orphaned while young. He studied under Katori Nahiko [ja], a poet, kokugaku scholar, and painter in the style of the Chinese Shen Quan. He later also studied under the ukiyo-e artist Kitao Shigemasa.

Upon finishing his apprenticeship took the art name Shunman (first spelt 春満, later 俊満). Other art names he used include Shōsadō (尚左堂) and Sashōdō (左尚堂), both of which use the character 左 sa, meaning "left", as he was left-handed. Early in his career he published as a gesaku novelist under the names Nandaka Shiran (南陀伽 紫蘭) and Kizandō (黄山堂), as a kyōka poet under the name Hitofushi Chitsue (一節 千杖), and as a haiku poet under the name (塩辛房). He had a heightened sense of beauty and devoted himself to the pleasure-seeking world.

Shunman's earliest works dates to 1774: a votive plaque copied from Nahiko. His works include some ukiyo-e prints, book illustrations, paintings, illustrated novels, and poetry. He was the most prolific producer of paintings in the Kitao school; more than 70 of his paintings survive.

His best known prints come from the Tenmei (1781–1789) through the Kansei (1789–1801) eras, when Shunman tended toward boldly florid colours in his prints, and adhered to the beni-girai [ja] ("red-hating") trend of avoiding reds and other flashy colours. His bijin-ga portraits of beauties were less in the stately style of his master Shigemasa than in that of the long, slender beauties of Torii Kiyonaga.

Shunman was a member of the poets' clubs Bakuro-ren and Rokujuen, and became head of Bakuro-ren. He stopped making designing commercial prints in 1790 to focus on deluxe commissioned prints, and provided poetry for the prints of Hokusai, Utamaro, and Eishi.

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Flounder, Tilefish, and Three Crucian Carp, from the series Tosa Diary (Tosa nikki)

Flounder, Tilefish, and Three Crucian Carp, from the series Tosa Diary (Tosa nikki) (late 1810s)

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Skylarks and Primroses

Skylarks and Primroses (ca. 1805–10)

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Woman Playing the Tsuzumi

Woman Playing the Tsuzumi (ca. 1800)

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Rice Plant and Butter-Burs

Rice Plant and Butter-Burs

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Blue; Dipper-holder of Celadon and Other Objects for the Tea Ceremony

Blue; Dipper-holder of Celadon and Other Objects for the Tea Ceremony

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Province of Musashi; Six Tama Rivers

Province of Musashi; Six Tama Rivers (1787)

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Sunrise with Fisherman in Boat

Sunrise with Fisherman in Boat (1795)

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Courtier Playing a Flute to Accompany a Bugaku Dance

Courtier Playing a Flute to Accompany a Bugaku Dance (1810)

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Butterflies

Butterflies

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Persimmons on a Plate

Persimmons on a Plate

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
White

White

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Where the Cormorants and Sea Gulls Gathered and Played, from the series Tosa Nikki

Where the Cormorants and Sea Gulls Gathered and Played, from the series Tosa Nikki (late 1810’s)

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Ceremonial Things for the Celebration of Setting Up a New House

Ceremonial Things for the Celebration of Setting Up a New House

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Bowl with White-Baits and Plum Blossoms

Bowl with White-Baits and Plum Blossoms

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Courtesan with Book and Hair-Pin

Courtesan with Book and Hair-Pin

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
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