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Kubo Shunman - Hives with Wasps, and a Box with a Spoon for Honey

Hives with Wasps, and a Box with a Spoon for Honey

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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Men and Women in Court Costume Dancing

Men and Women in Court Costume Dancing

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Hama-Yumi and Buriburi-Gitcho, Boy’s Toys, for the New Year Celebration

Hama-Yumi and Buriburi-Gitcho, Boy’s Toys, for the New Year Celebration

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Table and Writing Set

Table and Writing Set

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

Woman Playing the Tsuzumi (ca. 1800)

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Two Women Looking in Mirrors

Two Women Looking in Mirrors

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Bachi (Plectrum) Used in Playing Shamisen

Bachi (Plectrum) Used in Playing Shamisen

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

Courtesan with Book and Hair-Pin

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Tsuba (Sword Guard) and Bags

Tsuba (Sword Guard) and Bags

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
History of Kamakura

History of Kamakura

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Cut Flowers; Clematis, Bush Clover, Iris, Camellia, and Azalea

Cut Flowers; Clematis, Bush Clover, Iris, Camellia, and Azalea (1815)

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Gold-decorated Leather with Figure of a Chinese Boy and Patterned Leather

Gold-decorated Leather with Figure of a Chinese Boy and Patterned Leather (1810s)

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
New Year Poems; Snail and cherry blossoms (Saitan; Ōka ni Katatsumuri)

New Year Poems; Snail and cherry blossoms (Saitan; Ōka ni Katatsumuri) (1816)

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

Skylarks and Primroses (ca. 1805–10)

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Pines and Cherry Blossoms

Pines and Cherry Blossoms

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
Cherry Blossoms and Seal-box with Ink and Ruler

Cherry Blossoms and Seal-box with Ink and Ruler

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820)
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