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Miyagawa Isshō
宮川 一笑
Born1689
Died(1780-01-20)January 20, 1780 (aged 90)
Nii-jima
Styleukiyo-e
In this Japanese name, the surname is Miyagawa.

Miyagawa Isshō (宮川 一笑, 1689 – 20 January 1780) was a Japanese painter in the ukiyo-e style, primarily depicting kabuki actors, geisha, sumo wrestlers, and other elements of everyday urban culture. He used several other names: Fujiwara Andō (藤原 安道), Kohensai (湖辺斎) and others; his common name was Kiheiji (喜平治).

The majority of Isshō's works that survive come from the Kyōhō era (1716–1736). He was a pupil of Miyagawa Chōshun (1682–1752), who, in turn, was influenced by the works of Hishikawa Moronobu. Like many ukiyo-e artists, Isshō also produced a number of shunga, paintings of erotic scenes.

Isshō was banished from Edo in 1751, along with his master Chōshun, to the island of Niijima off the Izu Peninsula for a year. This came after a dispute arose over the payment for a painting commission in Nikkō. A Kanō school artist commissioned Chōshun to paint some of the walls of the Nikkō Tōshō-gū but refused or was unable to pay. In the ensuing confrontation, the Kanō artist and two others were killed by Isshō and Chōshun's son. Isshō was never pardoned and died on 20 January 1780.

Selected works

  • Miyagawa Isshō painting. Untitled. Miyagawa Isshō painting. Untitled.
  • From the Spring Pastimes series. From the Spring Pastimes series.
  • From the Spring Pastimes series. From the Spring Pastimes series.

References

  1. ^ British Museum.
  2. ^ Japan Ukiyo-e Association 1982, p. 54.

Works cited

See also


Ukiyo-e schools and artists
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