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*''Active: c. 1680s-90s''
*''Japanese'': 杉村治兵衛 ''(Sugimura Jihei)''
Sugimura Jihei was an early ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artist, known chiefly for his book illustrations. [[shunga|Erotic prints]] constituted roughly 2/3 of his production, a greater proportion than any other prominent Japanese artist. His earliest known book illustration is from 1681; Sugimura remained active into the 1690s.
Though prints were chiefly monochrome at this time, many of Sugimura's works were hand-colored, using watercolors similar to those used in ''[[beni-e]]'' ("rose prints") and ''[[urushi-e]]'' ("lacquer prints") a few decades later. Though ''ukiyo-e'' expert [[Richard Lane]] writes that coloring tended to detract from the works of Sugimura's contemporary [[Hishikawa Moronobu]], he writes that the watercolors added to the soft sensuality of Sugimura's images.
Though he rarely signed his works in a normal manner, Sugimura often worked his name into the kimono patterns of the girls in his compositions.
==References==
*Lane, Richard. ''Images from the Floating World''. New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1978. pp51-54.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
*''Japanese'': 杉村治兵衛 ''(Sugimura Jihei)''
Sugimura Jihei was an early ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artist, known chiefly for his book illustrations. [[shunga|Erotic prints]] constituted roughly 2/3 of his production, a greater proportion than any other prominent Japanese artist. His earliest known book illustration is from 1681; Sugimura remained active into the 1690s.
Though prints were chiefly monochrome at this time, many of Sugimura's works were hand-colored, using watercolors similar to those used in ''[[beni-e]]'' ("rose prints") and ''[[urushi-e]]'' ("lacquer prints") a few decades later. Though ''ukiyo-e'' expert [[Richard Lane]] writes that coloring tended to detract from the works of Sugimura's contemporary [[Hishikawa Moronobu]], he writes that the watercolors added to the soft sensuality of Sugimura's images.
Though he rarely signed his works in a normal manner, Sugimura often worked his name into the kimono patterns of the girls in his compositions.
==References==
*Lane, Richard. ''Images from the Floating World''. New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1978. pp51-54.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]