Nishimura Shigenaga
Nishimura Shigenaga (Japanese: 西村 重長; c. 1697 – 23 July 1756) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist.
Shigenaga was born c. 1697 in
geometric perspective. The number of uki-e he produced was second only to Masanobu, who asserted himself the originator of the technique.[4]
Shigenaga's better-known work includes the series Fifty-four Sheets of Genji, a collaborative series with Torii Kiyomasu II in c. 1730–35; and the Picture Book of Edo Souvenirs in 1753.[1] He produced some of the earliest ukiyo-e landscape prints; in 1727, his was the first set of prints of Lake Biwa.[5] His work had a strong influence on later artists such as Suzuki Harunobu and Ishikawa Toyonobu,[1] who may have been students of Shigenaga's;[6] Toyonobu may have been Nishimura Shigenobu, Shigenaga's most prominent student.[2]
- Prints by Shigenaga
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References
- ^ a b c d e Marks 2012, p. 38.
- ^ a b c Michener 1954, p. 396.
- ^ a b Japan Ukiyo-e Association 1982, p. 70.
- ^ Japan Ukiyo-e Association 1982, p. 72.
- ^ King 2010, p. 45.
- ^ Marks 2012, p. 38; Michener 1954, p. 396.
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]. Vol. 6. Taishūkan Publishing.
- King, James (2010). Beyond the Great Wave: The Japanese Landscape Print, 1727–1960. ISBN 978-3-0343-0317-0.
- Marks, Andreas (2012). Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks: 1680–1900. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-0599-7.
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External links
Media related to Nishimura Shigenaga at Wikimedia Commons
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