# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shunkosai-hokushu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:45:15.002Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shunkosai-hokushu"
name: "Shunkōsai Hokushū"
slug: "shunkosai-hokushu"
description: "Shunkōsai Hokushū (春好斎　北洲), who is also known as Shunkō IV, was a designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints in Osaka who was active from about 1802 to 1832.\nHe is known to have been a student of Shōkōsai Hambei, and may have also studied with Hokusai. He used the name Shunkō (春好) until 1818, when he changed his name to Shunkōsai Hokushū. He was the most important artist in Osaka during the 1810s and 1820s and established the Osaka style of actor prints."
tagline: "Japanese painter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MET_2011_127_Strm1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1750"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           35.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.602952
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%88"
    title: "شونكوساى هوكوشو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunk%C5%8Dsai_Hokush%C5%AB"
    title: "Shunkōsai Hokushū"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunk%C5%8Dsai_Hokush%C5%AB"
    title: "Shunkōsai Hokushū"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunk%C5%8Dsai_Hokush%C5%AB"
    title: "Shunkōsai Hokushū"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%98%A5%E5%A5%BD%E6%96%8E%E5%8C%97%E6%B4%B2"
    title: "春好斎北洲"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3074677"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump