Shōtei Hokuju (昇亭北寿) (artist mid 1760s - early 1820s)

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Biography:

"Shōtei Hokuju (worked late 1790's to mid-1820's). Of Hokusai's pupils Hokuju made the largest contribution as an original landscapist; his cubist landforms, highly stylized clouds,and near-photographic figures and dwellings, provide a curiously modern concept of the world. This is not entirely coincidence, for Hokuju was influenced by what little he knew of European art; yet the result must be considered one of the most notable of original Japanese variations upon what were only dimly apprehended concepts of Western forms." Quoted directly from Japanese Prints: From Early Masters to the Modern by James Michener.

[While we have a high regard for Hokuju we do not wholly agree with Michener's appraisal of this man's work - especially his comments about 'cubism,' "near-photographic figures and dwellings," and aesthetics in general.]