Yanagawa Shigenobu

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Opening from an illustrated, woodblock-printed book by Yanagawa Shigenobu. Size: chubon; Colored ink on paper; ca.1820; Private collection

Opening from an illustrated, woodblock-printed book by Yanagawa Shigenobu. Size: chubon; Colored ink on paper; ca.1820; Private collection

Yanagawa Shigenobu (柳川 重信, 1787–1832) was a Japanese artist in the ukiyo-e style. He was active in Edo from the Bunka period onward. His Osaka period dated from 1822 to 1825. In Edo, he resided in Honjo Yanagawa-chō district. He was first the pupil, then son-in-law, and finally adopted son of the Edo master painter Katsushika Hokusai. He designed illustrated books, prints, and surimono. In Osaka, he worked with the gifted block cutter and printer .

Shigenobu focused on theatrical subjects, but some of his best work in Osaka includes a series of deluxe ōban prints depicting geisha in the Shinmachi Nerimono parade in Osaka, and approximately 30 fine surimono on various subjects (at least 18 in collaboration with the Tsuru-ren of kyōka poets), with blocks cut and printed by Seikō.

His pupils included ; Shigeharu; Yanagawa Nobusada (Yokinobu); Shigemasa; Shigemitsu.

External links[]

• Yanagawa Shigenobu I by Honolulu Museum of Art

See also[]

• Erotic art
• Shunga
• Ukiyo-e

External links[]

Media related to Yanagawa Shigenobu at Wikimedia Commons

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