Shunbaisai Hokuei

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Japanese designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints in Osaka

Japan ArtistsLived 1750 to 1837 · aged 87

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Shunbaisai Hokuei, also known as Shunkō III, was a designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints in Osaka, and was active from about 1824 to 1837. He was a student of Shunkōsai Hokushū. Hokuei’s prints most often portray the kabuki actor Arashi Rikan II.

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Keisei Ura no Asagin Woodblock print by Shunkôsai Hokuei. The play "Keisei Ura no Asagin" describes an unsuccessful attempt by a villain named Karahashi, a subject of the Aboshi clan, to steal the clan treasures and install his son as leader. In act 3, Kowari Dennai, a hunter who is a relative of the true heir, is traveling to the Aboshi domains to settle the succession. Arashi Rikan II plays Kowari Dennai.

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Gigadō Ashiyuki35.4

Kaigetsudō Anchi35.1 Kokusai Ozaki35.4

Horie Kuwajirō34.7

Shunkōsai Hokushū35.4 Takamasa Inamura34.7

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