Kawamata Tsuneyuki - mitate of Wakamurasaki from Genjimonogatari

Kawamata Tsuneyuki (, b. ) was a Japanese

ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock printing, woodblock prints and Nikuhitsu-ga, paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes ...

artist and founder of the

Kawamata school Kawamata (written: 川又 or 川俣) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese writer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese rugby union player *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese artist *, Japanese ukiyo-e artist *, ...

of art. Like many early ukiyo-e artists, Tsuneyuki and his school specialized in painting (''

nikuhitsu-ga ''Nikuhitsu-ga'' (肉筆画) is a form of Japanese painting in the ''ukiyo-e'' art style. The woodblock prints of this genre have become so famous in the West as to become almost synonymous with the term "ukiyo-e", but most ''ukiyo-e'' artists ...

'') rather than designing woodblock prints. Tsuneyuki's active period was from the

Kyōhō , also pronounced Kyōho, was a after '' Shōtoku'' and before ''Genbun.'' This period spanned the years from July 1716 through April 1736. The reigning emperors were and . Change of era * 1716 : The era name of ''Kyōhō'' (meaning "Undergo ...

(1716–36) to the

Kanpō was a , also known as Kampō, after '' Genbun'' and before '' Enkyō.'' This period spanned the years from February 1741 through February 1744. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * 1741 : Based on the belief in Chinese astrology that ...

(1741–44) eras. Something more than twenty paintings identified as his survive. They tend to be sharply outlined, florid paintings of elegant women, apparently influenced by the work of

Miyagawa Chōshun Miyagawa Chōshun (; 1683 – 18 December 1753) was a Japanese painter in the ukiyo-e style. Founder of the Miyagawa school, he and his pupils are among the few ukiyo-e artists to have never created woodblock prints. He was born in Miy ...

. The Inoue Kazuo () edition of the ''

Ukiyo-e Ruikō The ''Ukiyo-e Ruikō'' (, "Various Thoughts on Ukiyo-e") is a Japanese collection of commentaries and biographies of ukiyo-e artists. It did not appear in print during the Edo period in which it was produced, but was circulated in handwritten c ...

'' dates a work of Inoue's to 1741 and states he was 65 at the time, from which a birth year of 1677 is assumed. Tsuneyuki's date of death is unknown. One of his students was Kawamata Tsunemasa.

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