Miyagawa Isshō

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 other; his common name was Kiheiji (喜平治).[1]

Miyagawa Isshō
宮川 一笑
Born1689
Died(1780-01-20)January 20, 1780
Styleukiyo-e

The majority of Isshō's works that survive come from the Kyōhō era (1716–1736). He was a pupil of Miyagawa Chōshun (1682–1752),[2] 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.[1] 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[2] Isshō was never pardoned and died on 20 January 1780.[2][1]

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References

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

Works cited

  • Japan Ukiyo-e Association (1982). Genshoku Ukiyo-e Dai-Hyakka Jiten 原色 浮世絵大百科事典 第6巻 [Original Colour Grand Ukiyo-e Encyclopaedia]. 6. Taishūkan Publishing.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "Miyagawa Issho (宮川一笑) (Biographical details)". British Museum. Retrieved 7 June 2018.


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