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*''Japanese'': 磯田湖竜斎 ''(Isoda Koryuusai)''

*''Japanese'': 磯田湖竜斎 ''(Isoda Koryuusai)''

Isoda Koryûsai was an ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artist of the 1760s-80s, who drew considerable influence from [[Suzuki Harunobu]]. Though he produced many skilled and masterful non-erotic prints, he is also considered one of the chief producers of ''[[shunga]]'' images.

Isoda Koryûsai was an ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artist of the 1760s-80s, who drew considerable influence from [[Suzuki Harunobu]]. Though he produced many skilled and masterful non-erotic prints, he is also considered one of the chief producers of ''[[shunga]]'' images.

Koryûsai was originally trained in the [[Kano school|Kanô school]] of painting. He produced mainly prints in the 1760s before turning primarily to painting in the 1780s. His prints reflect a stronger affection for scenes of everyday life, and for a degree of realism in the representation, two trends which arose just after Harunobu's death in 1770.

Making his studio in the [[Ryogoku|Ryôgoku]] area of Edo, Koryûsai is said to have perhaps been from the Tsuchiya [[ronin]] family of Edo Ogawamachi. Koryûsai was originally trained in the [[Kano school|Kanô school]] of painting, and might have studied under [[Nishimura Shigenaga]] as well. He produced mainly prints in the 1760s before turning primarily to painting in the 1780s. His prints reflect a stronger affection for scenes of everyday life, and for a degree of realism in the representation, two trends which arose just after Harunobu's death in 1770.

Koryûsai led the pack in repopularizing a number of media and formats, including an opaque orange made from iron oxide that had fallen out of use, and pioneered the use of themes from [[bird and flower painting]] in prints. He is particularly known, however, for his extensive use of the ''[[hashira-e]]'' ("pillar print") form, a tall, narrow format which created a rather dramatic effect in its extreme horizontal cropping of the subject.

Koryûsai led the pack in repopularizing a number of media and formats, including an opaque orange made from iron oxide that had fallen out of use, and pioneered the use of themes from [[bird and flower painting]] in prints. He is particularly known, however, for his extensive use of the ''[[hashira-e]]'' ("pillar print") form, a tall, narrow format which created a rather dramatic effect in its extreme horizontal cropping of the subject.

==References==

==References==

*Lane, Richard. ''Images from the Floating World''. New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1978. pp111-114.

*Lane, Richard. ''Images from the Floating World''. New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1978. pp111-114.

[[Category:Edo Period]]

[[Category:Edo Period]]

[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]

[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]