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*''Born: [[1682]]''
*''Died: [[1752]]''
*''Other Names'': 長左衛門 ''(Nagazaemon)''; 菱川長春 ''(Hishikawa Choushun)''
*''Japanese'': 宮川長春 ''(Miyagawa Choushun)''
Miyagawa Chôshun was an ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artist, founder of the [[Miyagawa school]] and heavily influenced by the [[Kaigetsudo school|Kaigetsudô school]]. He was chiefly active from around 1704-1711 (the Hôei era) until around 1748-1751 (the Kan'en era), just before his death.
Possibly from Miyagawa village in [[Owari province]], he studied painting under members of the [[Kano school|Kanô]] and [[Tosa school]]s, and possibly fairly closely with [[Hishikawa Moronobu]] or his pupils.
Chôshun specialized in painting (''nikuhitsuga'') - neither he nor his pupils are known to have designed any prints. He produced mainly so-called "genre paintings" (''[[fuzoku-ga|fûzoku-ga]]'') and images of beautiful women (''[[bijinga]]''). Like the members of the Kaigetsudô school, he excelled at the colorful and creative kimono designs on his beauties, and their statuesque quality.
He saw a considerable rise to prosperity in the first half of the 18th century, and developed a close relationship with a number of members of the [[Kano school|Kanô school]] of painters.
In 1750, however, Chôshun was commissioned by a Kanô painter to contribute to the repair and rejuvenation efforts at [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]], and was not paid. The Kanô painter's son was killed in the ensuing altercation, and Chôshun was banished from [[Edo]] for a year. He died soon after the end of his exile.
His pupils included [[Miyagawa Choki|Miyagawa Chôki]], [[Miyagawa Issho|Isshô]], and [[Miyagawa Shunsui|Shunsui]].
==References==
*Lane, Richard. ''Images from the Floating World''. New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1978. pp. 89-90, 215.
*Morse, Anne Nishmura et al. ''The Allure of Edo: Ukiyo-e Painting from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston'' (江戸の誘惑： ボストン美術館所蔵 肉筆浮世絵展, ''Edo no yûwaku: Bosuton bijutsukan shozô nikuhitsu ukiyoe ten''). Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun-sha, 2006. p187.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
*''Died: [[1752]]''
*''Other Names'': 長左衛門 ''(Nagazaemon)''; 菱川長春 ''(Hishikawa Choushun)''
*''Japanese'': 宮川長春 ''(Miyagawa Choushun)''
Miyagawa Chôshun was an ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artist, founder of the [[Miyagawa school]] and heavily influenced by the [[Kaigetsudo school|Kaigetsudô school]]. He was chiefly active from around 1704-1711 (the Hôei era) until around 1748-1751 (the Kan'en era), just before his death.
Possibly from Miyagawa village in [[Owari province]], he studied painting under members of the [[Kano school|Kanô]] and [[Tosa school]]s, and possibly fairly closely with [[Hishikawa Moronobu]] or his pupils.
Chôshun specialized in painting (''nikuhitsuga'') - neither he nor his pupils are known to have designed any prints. He produced mainly so-called "genre paintings" (''[[fuzoku-ga|fûzoku-ga]]'') and images of beautiful women (''[[bijinga]]''). Like the members of the Kaigetsudô school, he excelled at the colorful and creative kimono designs on his beauties, and their statuesque quality.
He saw a considerable rise to prosperity in the first half of the 18th century, and developed a close relationship with a number of members of the [[Kano school|Kanô school]] of painters.
In 1750, however, Chôshun was commissioned by a Kanô painter to contribute to the repair and rejuvenation efforts at [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]], and was not paid. The Kanô painter's son was killed in the ensuing altercation, and Chôshun was banished from [[Edo]] for a year. He died soon after the end of his exile.
His pupils included [[Miyagawa Choki|Miyagawa Chôki]], [[Miyagawa Issho|Isshô]], and [[Miyagawa Shunsui|Shunsui]].
==References==
*Lane, Richard. ''Images from the Floating World''. New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1978. pp. 89-90, 215.
*Morse, Anne Nishmura et al. ''The Allure of Edo: Ukiyo-e Painting from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston'' (江戸の誘惑： ボストン美術館所蔵 肉筆浮世絵展, ''Edo no yûwaku: Bosuton bijutsukan shozô nikuhitsu ukiyoe ten''). Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun-sha, 2006. p187.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
